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Branch Rickey : baseball's ferocious gentleman /
He was not much of a player and not much more of a manager, but by the time Branch Rickey (1881-1965) finished with baseball, he had revolutionized the sport-not just once but three times. In this definitive biography of Rickey-the man sportswriters dubbed "The Brain," "The Mahatma,&q...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2007]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | He was not much of a player and not much more of a manager, but by the time Branch Rickey (1881-1965) finished with baseball, he had revolutionized the sport-not just once but three times. In this definitive biography of Rickey-the man sportswriters dubbed "The Brain," "The Mahatma," and, on occasion, "El Cheapo"--Lee Lowenfish tells the full and colorful story of a life that forever changed the face of America's game |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 683 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 643-653) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780803207615 0803207611 9781280735080 1280735082 |