Early in this century, growing cities seeking to promote their
communities came to view the budding local football team as an
agent of civic progress and took the necessary measures to see that
their interests were ably represented.
As a result, semiprofessional clubs such as the Ironton Tanks
and the Portsmouth Spartans faced off against such legendary teams
as the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers. Towns scrambled to
raise subscription dollars to build new stadiums, buy contracts for
prospective stars, and finance the many road trips.
Capturing the local color of a region as well as the spirited
charm of a sport as it came into its own -- before the rules were
formalized and the teams so strongly established -- Carl Becker
documents a rare time in American history when ideals were being
formed and broken and the promise for greatness seemed just within
reach of all who tried to grasp it.
Home and Away is a unique chronicle -- more than just a history
of the game of football, it is also an intimate study of how the
citizens and organizations that made up these cities worked to put
themselves on the map of an ever-shifting American landscape.
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