Baseball the turbulent midcentury years / Steven P. Gietschier.
| Author/creator | Gietschier, Steven Philip, 1948- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023] |
| Description | xv, 568 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Prologue: "a grim harvest" (Ernest Barnard) -- "The ball player Is a fortunate man" (Connie Mack) -- "So you're the goddamned prohibitionist" (Branch Rickey) -- "A tyro in the intricacies of organized baseball" (Kenesaw Landis) -- "The Yankees need building up" (Ed Barrow) -- "Keen competition throughout the closing month" (Larry MacPhail) -- "They could never say he wasn't a 'real Jew'" (Hank Greenberg) -- "It would be best for the country to keep baseball going" (Don Barnes) -- "A great display of tingling patriotism" (Yogi Berra) -- "The smiling young man with the $1,000,000 check book" (Tom Yawkey) -- "Bright colored paper and red ribbons" (Bill Veeck) -- "Il a gagné ses epaulettes" (Red Barber) -- "A sound if not spectacular choice" (Ford Frick) -- "I have long desired to see California" (Henry Aaron) -- "Henry, don't go out there" (Bill Shea). |
| Abstract | "A history of baseball as a sport and business during the middle of the twentieth century, examining the game on and off the field and tracing its development within the broader contours of American history"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022034428 |
| ISBN | 9781496235374 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |