Tales from the Deadball Era: Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and the Wildest Times in Baseball History, Hardcover - Mark S. Halfon

Reducere. 2014 SLA Baseball Caucus Readers' Choice Award winner from the Special Libraries Association The Deadball Era (1901-1920) is a baseball fan's dream...

The 1936 Yankees, the 1963 Dodgers, the 1975 Reds, the 2010 Giants--why do some baseball teams win while others don't?General managers and fans ali...

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Reducere. The 1936 Yankees, the 1963 Dodgers, the 1975 Reds, the 2010 Giants--why do some baseball teams win while others don't? General managers and fans al...

Reducere. Another peek at baseball's good old days-or, in this case, bad old days-by veteran sports-historian Harvey Frommer. Frommer paints Shoeless Joe as ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the fall of 1926, the world of baseball was rocked by the sudden retirements of Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker. The reasons given by the Ba...

Reducere. This volume contains the weird stories of two leading American short story writers of the early 20th century, Irvin S. Cobb (1876-1944) and Gouvern...

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Drawing on the latest research and established sources, A Sword for Christ offers a new and stimulating perspective on the 15-year period between 1...

Reducere. Canadian-born George "Mooney" Gibson (1880-1967) grew up playing baseball on the sandlots around London, Ontario, before going on to star with the ...

Reducere. Eerie Florida: Chilling Tales from the Panhandle to the Keys, Hardcover

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Reducere. Hot Springs, Arkansas, with its thermal water baths, attracted its first big-league outfit when the National League champion Chicago White Stocking...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era's mos...

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A glimpse inside the darkroom--and into the strategies of renowned photographers This handsome volume offers an innovative perspective on the artis...

Heartwarming tales of homeless dogs who are matched with new owners, based on much-loved Channel 4 series 'The Dog House'.Publisher: Quercus Publis...

This Old House meets #HomeImprovementFails in this collection of laugh-out-loud essays, perfect for fans of Nick Offerman, CarTalk, or The Red Gree...

Reducere. A fascinating and authoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in baseball history, Ty Cobb--"The best work ever written on thi...

Howard W. Rosenberg's Ty Cobb Unleashed: The Definitive Counter-Biography of the Chastened Racist (Tile Books) seeks to be the go-to first source o...

Reducere. From pioneering superstars like Tris Speaker and Rogers Hornsby and Negro League standouts Smokey Joe Williams and Willie Well to present-day lumin...

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This is a compilation of hunting tales from the jungles of India from the centuries gone by."...We have no word in English that properly embraces a...

Reducere. Award NameNew Mexico Book AwardsAward categoryAnthropology/ArcheologyThis book is about a place, the Great Basin of western North America, and abou...

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Reducere. Description1951. Greenville, South Carolina. Jimmy Roberts is the best hitter in this little mill town, and maybe in the whole Textile Baseball Lea...

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Throughout the Second World War, thousands found themselves cut off behind the lines in Nazi occupied Europe - soldiers were left stranded on beach...

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Reducere. From the bestselling author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the legendary Hunter S. Thompson's second volume of the "Gonzo Papers" is back. Gene...

Only in the Bayou State do Louisianans travel door to door on horseback collecting gumbo ingredients for Mardi Gras gatherings. Residents compete i...

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Reducere. DescriptionJames J. Corbett and Joe Choynski were destined to spill each other's blood.In the beginning, the boxing legends were simply two lads sc...

The book that inspired the movie Field of Dreams.Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): W. P. KinsellaNumber of pages: 244Publication date: ...