Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-617) and index.
Contents:
1. "What though the odds be great or small": 1789-1918. L'Universite de Notre Dame du Lac and the nineteenth century -- The origins of Notre Dame's athletic culture -- Catholic versus American higher education -- The origin of the "Notre Dame victory march" -- Notre Dame sports: 1900-1912 -- Jesse Harper: 1913 and the first Army game; 1914 and the finances of college football; 1915-1917 and the job of athletic director -- Jesse Harper's assistant: Knute Rockne. 2. Shaking down the thunder: 1918-1931. Catholic versus American higher education in the 1920s -- The growth of the athetic culture -- The origin of the "Fighting Irish" nickname -- Rockne at ground zero: 1918-1919 -- Rockne's rocket, first version: 1920 -- George Gipp's five seasons at Notre Dame -- The rocket crashes, Rockne's miraculous escape: 1921 -- Building a better rocket: 1922 -- On the launch pad: 1923 -- Notre Dame versus Klandiana: 1924 -- Blast off: 1924. The four horsemen, Grantland Rice versus reality -- Rockne threatens to jump ship: 1925 -- Anti-aircraft fire from the Big Ten: 1926 -- Knute K. Rockne Inc. -- Anti-aircraft fire from the college sports reformers: 1927 -- Al Smith and "win one for the Gipper": 1928 -- Rockne attacks the college sports reformers: 1929 -- Rockne's last and greatest rocket: 1930 -- The death of reform and Rockne. 3. "Rally sons of Notre Dame": 1932-1941. In the Depression: 1931-1941 -- After Rockne in 1931 -- The demand for perfection: 1932 -- The removal of a vice president and the first firing of a Note Dame head coach: 1933 -- O'Hara and Layden assume power: 1934-1936 -- ... in power: 1937-1939 -- Beginning and filming Knute Rockne, all American: 1939-1940 -- The end of the Rockne era: 1940 -- The end of the creation of Notre Dame football: 1941.
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