A Clever Base-Ballist: The Life and Times of John Montgomery Ward (Signed First Edition))

Bryan Di Salvatore

ISBN 10: 0679442340 / ISBN 13: 9780679442349

Editore: Pantheon, New York, 1999

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NEW YORK: Pantheon, 1999. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page (name only). With baseball card/book card. A biography of the 19th century's best baseball player. New/New. A perfect unread copy. Codice articolo 6091

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Titolo: A Clever Base-Ballist: The Life and Times of...

Casa editrice: Pantheon, New York

Data di pubblicazione: 1999

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: New

Condizione sovraccoperta: New

autografato: Signed by Author(s)

Edizione: 1st Edition

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Riassunto:

A biography of professional baseball pioneer John Montgomery Ward is set against the backdrop of the early history of the sport as its describes his masterminding of a successful players' revolt against the financial tyranny of the team owners. 25,000 first printing.

Recensione:

  "This
is a grand book
--vehement, scholarly,
funny, exuberant, and artfully
evocative of the man and his time. Bryan
Di Salvatore is one of the finest writers
of nonfiction in America."
--Ian Frazier