# For a history and sports fan - what SD book is the best?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 20, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-history-and-sports-fan-what-sd-book-is-the-best/582600 "2011-05-20T17:45:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![spunkymuzicnote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@spunkymuzicnote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spunkymuzicnote)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-history-and-sports-fan-what-sd-book-is-the-best/582600/1 "2011-05-20T17:45:56Z")

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I’d like to get my father a SD book for Father’s Day. Considering that he likes history and sports (oh, and politics), which one should I get him?

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-history-and-sports-fan-what-sd-book-is-the-best/582600/2 "2011-05-22T04:42:30Z")

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Let’s try this over in General Questions. I think you’ll get a good answer there.

CCC \> GQ

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-history-and-sports-fan-what-sd-book-is-the-best/582600/3 "2011-05-22T04:47:52Z")

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On second look, this is a duplicate thread. One’s already open in IMHO.

[Go here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=609241)

Closing this one. Sorry GQ mods.

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