Baseball and Other Matters in 1941 - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803264069ISBN-10:803264062UPC:9780803264069Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:BaseballBook Topic:HistorySize:7.99 x 5.37 x 0.78 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SC97K23EET
"This is a baseball book, but whether Creamer intended it or not, it's much, much more."-Sports Illustrated. " Creamer] recalls this momentous year in baseball and world history. He reprises Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, Ted Williams's .406 batting average, Hank Greenberg and the draft, the furious Dodgers-Cardinals pennant fight, and the ensuing World Series. All this is portrayed against the looming U.S. entry into World War II."-Library Journal. Robert W. Creamer, one of the best and most perceptive writers on baseball, remembers the baseball-and other matters-of 1941 in a tribute to the game that is also part memoir. Creamer was a long-time writer and editor at Sports Illustrated. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including the following Bison Books: Stengel: His Life and Times, Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat, Jocko, and The Quality of Courage.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803264069ISBN-10:803264062UPC:9780803264069Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:BaseballBook Topic:HistorySize:7.99 x 5.37 x 0.78 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SC97K23EET
Robert W. Creamer, one of the best and most perceptive writers on baseball, remembers the baseball--and other matters--of 1941 in a tribute to the game that is also part memoir. Creamer was a long-time writer and editor at Sports Illustrated. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including the following Bison Books: Stengel: His Life and Times, Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat, Jocko, and The Quality of Courage.
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