About this title: Connie Mack (1862-1956) was the Grand Old Man of baseball and one of the game's first true celebrities. This book, spanning the first fifty-two years of Mack's life, through 1914, covers his experiences as player, manager, and club owner and will stand as the definitive biography of baseball's most legendary and beloved figure. Norman L. Macht chronicles Mack's little-known beginnings. He tells how Mack, a school dropout at fourteen, created strategies for winning baseball and principles for managing men long before there were notions of defining such subjects. And he details how Mack, a key ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
Date Published: 2007-09-01
ISBN-13:9780803232631ISBN:0803232632
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780803232631ISBN:0803232632
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Edition: First Edition (Unstated)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London
Date Published: 2007
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Connie Mack (1862-1956) was the Grand Old Man of baseball and one of the game's first true celebrities. This book, spanning the first fifty-two years of Mack's life, through 1914, covers his experiences as player, manager, and club owner and will stand as the definitive biography of baseball's most legendary and beloved figure. Norman L. Macht chronicles Mack's little-known beginnings. He tells how Mack, a school dropout at fourteen, created strategies ... read more
"This one is definitely only for real baseball nerds. It is an impressively detailed tome about the first half of Mack's 50 years in baseball. I really learned a lot about one of the forgotten great teams of baseball, the early-teens Philadelphia A's; however, some of the detailed season accounts dragged a little. I was unaware that the book did not cover his entire life, so that was somewhat disappointing. I imagine the author is working on the second half. Probably the highlight of this book is the discussion of Mack's relationship with the bizarre (crazy?) pitcher Rube Waddell and also Waddell's off-field antics."
"This was a long book that occasionally dragged, especially in Connie's early years as a baseball player. But once he started managing the Philadelphia Athletics, the action really picked up.
I found the rule changes in the game of baseball particularly interesting. Also, the birth of the American League, the start of World Series play between the upstart American League and the more established National League, and the constancy of the game of baseball up until the era of plane travel were all interesting.
It was also interesting that it took 22 years for Norman Macht to write this book, which ended when Connie was about 50 years old, in 1915. By the author's own admission, it was not an overly scholarly piece of work, but it was nevertheless informative and hopefully accurate."
""Connie Mack" was not only insightful but very well written. Every page was well thought out, not rushed to the printer. The author wanted to entertain the reader, and he did it masterfully. Facts were mixed with his witty humor, and the reader felt that he was there in Philadephia living amonst the Macks. The amount of research required to undertake this task had to unimaginable to fill 700 pages. It will not dissapoint you. The intro set the book up well, explaining how facts were sifted out from all the written accounts of Mack's life. It was the best baseball book I'd ever read. I only hope the followup book takes less time to deliver to the printer than the first."
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