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Rube Waddell: The Zany, Brilliant Life of a Strikeout Artist

Rube Waddell: The Zany, Brilliant Life of a Strikeout Artist - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Alan H. LevyAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2000-07-24Pages:327
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9780786407866ISBN-10:786407867UPC:9780786407866Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Sports, BaseballBook Topic:HistorySize:8.92 x 6.00 x 0.73 inchesWeight:0.9612Product ID:SC6YHTVV6H

George Edward "Rube" Waddell was one of the zaniest characters ever to play baseball. The legendary Connie Mack, who saw quite a few cards during his nearly seven decade stint in the majors, once observed that no other screwball he ever saw could hold a candle to Rube. Mack also said that Rube's curveball was the best he'd ever seen. Indeed, Waddell was one of the greatest pitchers in the histor...

Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9780786407866ISBN-10:786407867UPC:9780786407866Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Sports, BaseballBook Topic:HistorySize:8.92 x 6.00 x 0.73 inchesWeight:0.9612Product ID:SC6YHTVV6H
Longtime baseball fan Alan H. Levy is a professor of American history at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. He is the author of Joe McCarthy (2005), Tackling Jim Crow (2003) and several books on American music, including a biography of the noted composer Edward MacDowell.
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