Kicks: The Great American Story of Sneakers by Smith, Nicholas
Kicks: The Great American Story of Sneakers by Smith, Nicholas

Kicks: The Great American Story of Sneakers

A cultural history of sneakers, tracing the footprint of one of our most iconic fashions across sports,...
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Author: Nicholas Smith
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Kicks: The Great American Story of Sneakers by Smith, Nicholas

Kicks: The Great American Story of Sneakers

$40.72
Kicks: The Great American Story of Sneakers by Smith, Nicholas

Kicks: The Great American Story of Sneakers

$40.72
Author: Nicholas Smith
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
A cultural history of sneakers, tracing the footprint of one of our most iconic fashions across sports, business, pop culture, and American identity

When the athletic shoe graduated from the beaches and croquet courts of the wealthy elite to streetwear ubiquity, its journey through the heart of American life was just getting started. In this rollicking narrative, Nicholas K. Smith carries us through the long twentieth century as sneakers became the totem of subcultures from California skateboarders to New York rappers, the cause of gang violence and riots, the heart of a global economic controversy, the lynchpin in a quest to turn big sports into big business, and the muse of high fashion. Studded with larger-than-life mavericks and unexpected visionaries--from genius rubber inventor, Charles Goodyear, to road-warrior huckster Chuck Taylor, to the feuding brothers who founded Adidas and Puma, to the track coach who changed the sport by pouring rubber in his wife's waffle iron--Kicks introduces us to the sneaker's surprisingly influential, enduring, and evolving legacy.

Author: Nicholas Smith
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 04/30/2019
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780451498120

About the Author
Nicholas K. Smith has worked as a reporter for the past ten years, covering a range of topics including stolen WWII art, melting glaciers, Austrian indie gamers, and the New York City mayoral election. He is a 2014 graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism, where he was awarded the Lynton Fellowship in Book Writing. A native of Arizona, Nick now lives in Vienna, Austria with his wife and two children. www.nicholasksmith.com, @nicholasksmith
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