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The glory of their times : the story of the early days of baseball told by the men who played it
- Title
- The glory of their times : the story of the early days of baseball told by the men who played it / [compiled by] Lawrence S. Ritter.
- Publication
- New York : Quill, William Morrow, 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GV865.A1 G56 1992 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Ritter, Lawrence S.
- Description
- xviii, 360 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Great news for baseball fans--here is Lawrence Ritter's remarkable and universally hailed classic, now available in trade paperback. This is the enlarged edition, with 120 fantastic and rare photographs, of the 1966 original. In the words of 26 players, it describes what it was like to play major league baseball at the turn of the century and in the decades shortly thereafter.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Note
- Previously published: New York : Vintage Books, 1985.
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Rube Marquard [1908-25] -- Tommy Leach [1898-1918] -- Davy Jones [1901-15] -- Sam Crawford [1899-1917] -- George Gibson [1905-18] -- Jimmy Austin [1909-22] -- Fred Snodgrass [1908-16] -- Stanley Coveleski [1916-28] -- Al Bridwell [1905-15] -- Harry Hooper [1909-25] -- Joe Wood [1908-22] -- Chief Meyers [1909-17] -- Hans Lobert [1903-17] -- Rube Bressler [1914-32] -- Babe Herman [1926-45] -- Edd Roush [1913-31] -- Bill Wambsganss [1914-26] -- Sam Jones [1914-35].
- Bob O'Farrell [1915-35] -- Specs Toporcer [1921-28] -- Lefty O'Doul [1919-34] -- Goose Goslin [1921-38] -- Willie Kamm [1923-35] -- Heinie Groh [1912-27] -- Hank Greenberg [1933-47] -- Paul Waner [1926-45].
- ISBN
- 0688112730
- 9780688112738
- LCCN
- 91040203
- OCLC
- ocm24792523
- 24792523
- SCSB-1389787
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library