The presidential election of 1920 was one of the most dramatic ever. For the only time in the nation's history, six once-and-future presidents hoped to end up in the White House: Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, and Theodore Roosevelt. It was an election that saw unprecedented levels ...
Until now, the most authoritative study of the 1960 presidential race between John F Kennedy, Lynden B Johnson and Richard Nixon, was Theodore White's Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Making of the President 1960". But White, as a trusted insider, didn't tell all. Here's the rest of the story - combining an engaging narrative with exhaustive research, ...
This reference features complete statistics on every aspect of the game. New to this edition are an essay on collecting baseball memorabilia by Fox Sports anchor Keith Olbermann, an article about Civil War-era baseball by historian Patricia Millen, and a review of collegiate baseball history by expert Beau Riffenburgh.
The model for The Great Gatsby's Meyer Wolfsheim and Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Arnold Rothstein was much more than a fixer of baseball games. He was everything that made 1920s Manhattan roar. Transporting readers onto Jazz Age Broadway with its thugs, bookies, denizens of the racetracks, showgirls, political movers-and-shakers, and ...
This book strips away the myths and facile explanations to reaveal the real Kenesaw Mountain Landis--with all the subtleties and contradictions that made him not only czar of baseball, but also the most famous, popular, and controversial federal judge in America.
A detailed account of the events leading up to a celebrated battle of the nineteenth century, the battle itself, and results of Napoleon's military failure.
The author of "My Turn at Bat" and "The Science of Hitting" presents a definitive pictorial autobiography of his life in baseball. In addition to 300 color and b&w images, many from the author's own collection, this attractive volume features Williams's candid words about his life both on the field and off.
A Class C minor league during a turbulent 15 years: its stirring history reveals what minor league baseball - indeed, all of baseball - was experiencing. Begun in the Depression, this league saw the coming of night baseball, World War II, the prosperous postwar era, integration, competition with television, and final demise. And here are the ...
New major leagues have sprung up throughout the history of baseball, both long-term successes (the American and National leagues), and the transitory, of which the Federal League (1914-15) and the Mexican League (1946) were two. Some leagues were born of noble motives (the Union Association, 1884, to abolish the reserve clause); others, farcical ...
In this book, Dave Pietrusza provides an enlightening overview of the minors, from the founding of the International Association in 1877 to the forming of the Northern and Frontier leagues in 1993.
Discusses the history and economic impact of tobacco smoking and examines such issues as addiction and disease, smoking and teenagers, and civil rights as related to smoking.
This mammoth volume covers 2,000 players, from Hank Aaron to Richie Zisk, providing quick access to the stories behind the sport's most notable careers.
Information about cards and collectibles as well as historical information on baseball music, stadiums, training, equipment, camps and tours, leagues and teams, jobs in baseball, etc.
Presents a social history of the United States during the 1920s, a decade of prosperity, Prohibition, Presidential scandals, fads and sensations, controversies, sports heroes, and the stock market crash.
-- Highlights the achievements of the greatest sports teams in history. -- Includes histories of the teams, star players, most exciting seasons, and information on what is happening to the teams today.
Examines the history of the Giants baseball team including their early days in New York, their move to San Francisco, and their successes in the early 1990s.
Discusses the history of the Boston basketball franchise and their many NBA championships, as well as such key personalities as Bill Russell, Larry Bird, and Red Auerbach.
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