{"product_id":"the-meaning-of-nolan-ryan-nick-trujillo-9780890965757","title":"The Meaning of Nolan Ryan","description":"Who is Nolan Ryan? Might as well ask who is America. After twenty-seven major league seasons in the limelight, the man who has been called the \"last true sports hero\" stands as a national phenomenon-a phenomenon whose media portrayal tells America something important about itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeven no-hitters. Over three hundred wins. Over fifty-five hundred strikeouts. More than fifty major league records. A Texas highway named for him. Forty-six years old at retirement, and still throwing the ball at over ninety miles per hour. The record speaks for itself. A hero. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But there's more to Ryan than the record. There's the image. And the business. The portrayal of this future Hall of Famer as a devoted husband, strong father, and off-season cowboy has been used to sell jeans, athletic shoes, pain relievers, and other products. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this fascinating analysis of Ryan's career and the media hype surrounding it, Nick Trujillo examines his significance as a sports hero and celebrity in American culture. Each chapter of the book looks at a different aspect of Ryan's meaning in contemporary society: his meaning to his teammates on the Texas Rangers, his portrayal in the mass media, his status as American hero, his commodification as a commercialized product, and his representation as an image of traditional masculinity and \"safe sex.\" Trujillo shows how Ryan functions as a sort of mirror in which a sometimes jaded nation can see what it wants to see of itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Trujillo, N. Trujillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0890965757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780890965757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.02w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/1994 pg. 1174\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1994 pg. 81","brand":"Nick Trujillo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926780575999,"sku":"9780890965757","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_83bd3c38-ee43-43b5-9b11-56b3d8ac783e.jpg?v=1681084969","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-meaning-of-nolan-ryan-nick-trujillo-9780890965757","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}