Armchair Book of Baseball II.
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Author | : John Thorn |
Publisher | : Scribner Book Company |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
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Contains more than fifty pieces from the sport's best players, writers, and fans.
Author | : John Thorn |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 856 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781578660049 |
Here are fascinating glimpses of the history of America's national pastime from an all-star lineup including Walt Whitman, E.L. Doctorow, John Updike, Philip Roth and Garrison Keillor. Revel in another ear through Walt Whitman's report of a rugged game played before the Civil War. Relive how Candy Cummings perfected the first curve ball, how baseball drew the color line in1 887, and how Bob Carroll uncovered Nate Colbert's hidden RBI record in 1972. All this and much, much more.
Author | : Paul Adomites |
Publisher | : Publications International |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2007-09-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781412715621 |
The Armchair Reader series will entertain and enlighten with little-known anecdotes, untold stories, fascinating facts, lists, and behind-the-scenes information. The Readers innovative approach and unique style will capture the baseball fans interest like never before. Whos the fastest pitcher that ever was? What was the greatest comeback in a single game? Which Little League stars became major-league superstars? Even people who think they know the facts will be captivated by this unique and colorful slant on the stories.
Author | : John Thorn |
Publisher | : Scribner |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780684184821 |
A collection of articles and commentaries about America's favorite pastime, features bestselling writers such as Thomas Boswell, James Michener, and Philip Roth, and sportswriters including Roger Angell, Roger Kahn, and Jim Murray
Author | : John Thorn |
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Release | : 1991-02-03 |
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ISBN | : 9780517061701 |
Author | : Paul Aron |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2022-07-12 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1476646929 |
Focusing on the ten most influential baseball books of all time, this volume explores how these landmark works changed the game itself and made waves in American society at large. Satchel Paige's Pitchin' Man informed the dialog surrounding integration. Ring Lardner's You Know Me Al changed the way Americans viewed their baseball heroes and influenced the work of Hemingway and Fitzgerald. Bill James's Baseball Abstract transformed the way managers--including those in fields other than baseball--analyzed numbers. Pete Rose's My Story and My Prison Without Bars exposed and deepened a cultural divide that paved the way for Donald Trump.
Author | : Charlie Bevis |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2007-11-30 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0786431598 |
This book delves deep into the history of the New England League, whose years of operation spanned six decades during the pivotal early years of minor league baseball. Author Charlie Bevis, an expert on New England's baseball past, explores the complex ties to the regional economy, especially to the textile industry, and discusses the pioneering experiments with playoffs, night baseball, and integration.
Author | : David Pietrusza |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 530 |
Release | : 2011-09-13 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 0465029396 |
History remembers Arnold Rothstein as the man who fixed the 1919 World Series, an underworld genius. The real-life model for The Great Gatsby's Meyer Wolfsheim and Nathan Detroit from Guys and Dolls, Rothstein was much more -- and less -- than a fixer of baseball games. He was everything that made 1920s Manhattan roar. Featuring Jazz Age Broadway with its thugs, speakeasies, showgirls, political movers and shakers, and stars of the Golden Age of Sports, this is a biography of the man who dominated an age. Arnold Rothstein was a loan shark, pool shark, bookmaker, thief, fence of stolen property, political fixer, Wall Street swindler, labor racketeer, rumrunner, and mastermind of the modern drug trade. Among his monikers were "The Big Bankroll," "The Brain," and "The Man Uptown." This vivid account of Rothstein's life is also the story of con artists, crooked cops, politicians, gang lords, newsmen, speakeasy owners, gamblers and the like. Finally unraveling the mystery of Rothstein's November 1928 murder in a Times Square hotel room, David Pietrusza has cemented The Big Bankroll's place among the most influential and fascinating legendary American criminals. 16 pages of black-and-white photographs are featured.
Author | : Bryan Steverson |
Publisher | : WestBow Press |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2018-02-22 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1973616874 |
In the Book of Genesis, when Cain is confronted by God regarding the death of his brother, he replies, Am I my brothers keeper? Within these pages, players respond affirmatively to this centurys age old question. They took stands against prejudice during times in our country when it was not the norm. Their courage serves as a model for all of us today. These players lived the biblical challenge of loving your neighbor. This is the third book by the author of inspirational stories about players from our national pastime. Fifteen members of our National Baseball Hall of Fame are here as well as others of lesser fame. The examples include 19th century baseball, Babe Ruth and Pete Rose. Each player was special. Each story inspirational.