Mr. Wrigley's ball club : Chicago and the Cubs during the jazz age /

Chicago in the Roaring Twenties was a city of immigrants, mobsters, and flappers with one shared passion: the Chicago Cubs. It all began with the decision of the tycoon William Wrigley to build the world's greatest ball club in the nation's second city. In this Jazz age center, the maveric...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ehrgott, Roberts, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2013.
Temas:
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) > History.
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
1900-1999
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Essays & Writings.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Statistics.
Manners and customs
Chicago (Ill.) > History > 20th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social life and customs.
Chicago (Ill.) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Illinois > Chicago
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The capital of baseball
  • Samples of baseball
  • The age of Wilson begins
  • The McCarthymen take the stage
  • My dad the sportswriter
  • To paradise and back
  • "A sort of frenzy"
  • McCarthy's debacle
  • "I wanted Wilson"
  • The prime of Mr. Hack Wilson
  • "A lousy outfield"
  • Room 509
  • Informants
  • "Nothing to it"
  • "No particular pal of mine"
  • "That story is terrible, Judge"
  • The natural
  • "Mugs . . .Chiselers."

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