Object Lessons is a series of short beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of
ordinary things.When is the beautiful game at its most beautiful? How does football function as
a lens through which so many view their daily lives? What's right in front of fans that they
never see? Football celebrates and scrutinizes the world's most popular sport-from top-tier
professionals to children just learning the game. As an American who began playing football in
the 1970s as it gained a foothold in the States Mark Yakich reflects on his own experiences
alongside the sport's social and political implications its narrative and documentary
depictions and its linguistic idiosyncrasies. Illustrating how football can be at once
absolutely vital and only a game this book will be surprising and insightful for the casual
and diehard fan alike.Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The
Atlantic.
