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Urban Shocker

Author : Steve Steinberg
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496200950
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Urban Shocker written by Steve Steinberg and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball in the 1920s is most known for Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees, but there was another great Yankee player in that era whose compelling story remains untold. Urban Shocker was a fiercely competitive and colorful pitcher, a spitballer who had many famous battles with Babe Ruth before returning to the Yankees. Shocker was traded away to the St. Louis Browns in 1918 by Yankees manager Miller Huggins, a trade Huggins always regretted. In 1925, after four straight seasons with at least twenty wins with the hapless Browns, Shocker became the only player Huggins brought back to the Yankees. He finally reached the World Series, with the 1926 Yankees. In the Yankees' storied 1927 season, widely viewed to be the best in MLB history, Shocker pitched with guts and guile, finishing with a record of 18‑6 even while his fastball and physical skills were deserting him. Hardly anyone knew that Shocker was suffering from an incurable heart disease that left him able to sleep only while sitting up and which would take his life in less than a year. With his physical skills diminishing, he continued to win games through craftiness and well-placed pitches. Delving into Shocker's baseball career, his love of the game, and his battle with heart disease, Steve Steinberg shows the dominant and courageous force that he was.

After the Shock City

Author : Tom Hulme
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 0861933494
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book After the Shock City written by Tom Hulme and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2019 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparative and trans-national study of urban culture in Britain and the United States from the late nineteenth to the twentieth century

Shock Cities

Author : Harold L. Platt
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226670767
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Shock Cities written by Harold L. Platt and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005-05-22 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Root Shock

Author : Mindy Thompson Fullilove
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1613320205
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Root Shock written by Mindy Thompson Fullilove and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove, a clinical psychiatrist, exposes the devastating outcome of decades of urban renewal projects to our nation’s marginalized communities. Examining the traumatic stress of “root shock” in three African American communities and similar widespread damage in other cities, she makes an impassioned and powerful argument against the continued invasive and unjust development practices of displacing poor neighborhoods.

Wicked Curve

Author : John C. Skipper
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786481781
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Wicked Curve written by John C. Skipper and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When in 1911 Phillies pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander set the National League record for wins by a rookie (28), it was a sign of things to come. Alexander went on to win 373 games over his 20-year career, the third highest total in major league history, and he would lead the league in ERA four times, shutouts seven times, complete games six times, and wins six times. But he also became a deeply troubled man. After the Shell-Shocked pitcher returned from World War I, he would battle alcoholism, epilepsy, and personal demons that damaged his reputation and proved disastrous for his life outside of baseball. This biography sheds new light on the pitcher and the man, focusing on Alexander's personal life, especially his complex relationship with his wife, Aimee, as well as their marriages and divorces. His Hall of Fame career, wartime service, and long decline are also documented.

The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed.

Author : Jonathan Fraser Light
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476617449
Total Pages : 1112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed. written by Jonathan Fraser Light and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-03-25 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America’s culture and psyche. Some researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement in part to the Major Leagues’ decision to integrate, and the words and phrases of the game (for example, pinch-hitter and out in left field) have become common in our everyday language. From AARON, HENRY onward, this book covers all of what might be called the cultural aspects of baseball (as opposed to the number-rich statistical information so widely available elsewhere). Biographical sketches of all Hall of Fame players, owners, executives and umpires, as well as many of the sportswriters and broadcasters who have won the Spink and Frick awards, join entries for teams, owners, commissioners and league presidents. Advertising, agents, drafts, illegal substances, minor leagues, oldest players, perfect games, retired uniform numbers, superstitions, tripleheaders, and youngest players are among the thousands of entries herein. Most entries open with a topical quote and conclude with a brief bibliography of sources for further research. The whole work is exhaustively indexed and includes 119 photographs.

Official Major League Baseball Fact Book

Author : Sporting News
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780892047321
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Official Major League Baseball Fact Book written by Sporting News and published by . This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This official book of Major League Baseball offers you the most complete combination of a look-ahead to 2004 and a historical review of baseball. This book has all the facts you will need for the coming season, right at your fingertips! You will find team by-team listings that include official 2004 schedules, 40-man rosters, and exclusive player-by-player analysis. The 2003 review provides you with team-by-team analysis of the past season, including day-by-day results and statistics and box scores from the memorable games of 2003. You will also get a recap of the postseason series, with stories and box scores, which provide the official record of postseason play. The history section offers a complete rundown of the Hall of Fame membership, by class, plus an annual listing of key award winners. You will also find annual standings and notes from 1876 through 2003.

Monthly Weather Review

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monthly Weather Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Monthly Weather Review

Author : United States. Weather Bureau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monthly Weather Review written by United States. Weather Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Kansas City Medical Index-lancet

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 838 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Kansas City Medical Index-lancet written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Kansas City Review of Science and Industry

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kansas City Review of Science and Industry written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Babe Chases 60

Author : John G. Robertson
Publisher : Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Babe Chases 60 written by John G. Robertson and published by Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland. This book was released on 1999 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Babe Ruth transfixed an entire nation in 1927 as he set a new standard for home runs, each of which is recounted herein.

The Kansas City Medical Record

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Kansas City Medical Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Spoke

Author : Charles C. Alexander
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Spoke written by Charles C. Alexander and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles C. Alexander's biography of Tris Speaker chronicles the twenty-two-year career of arguably the greatest centerfielder ever to play the position. It follows the colorful ballplayer through his years with the Boston Red Sox, the Cleveland Indians, the Washington Senators, and the Philadelphia Athletics, and on into his later years as minor league manager and part owner, civic activist, Indians coach, and general promoter of the National Pastime. Alexander describes not only every significant major league game in which Speaker played, but also the careers of his teammates and opponents, the baseball of their day, and the way it changed within the context of the larger world around them. Tris Speaker's reputation receives new luster in Alexander's even-handed biography of one of baseball's greats. Published by Southern Methodist University Press, this title is now available in a limited quantity exclusively from McFarland.

Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army to the Secretary of War

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1428 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army to the Secretary of War written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Seasons in the Sun

Author : Roger D. Launius
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Seasons in the Sun written by Roger D. Launius and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the history of the major league baseball teams that have called Missouri home from 1876 to 2001, from St. Louis's first league, the Brown Stockings, to Kansas City's Negro World Series-winning league, the Monarchs, to the state's National League champions, the Cardinals.

Yankees

Author : Ron Smith
Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Yankees written by Ron Smith and published by McGraw-Hill/Contemporary. This book was released on 2002 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred years of Yankees legend and lore come together in this commemorative book. It traces the great players, the 25 championship seasons, the memorable moments, the legendary voices of Yankee baseball and the hallowed ground of Yankee Stadium. The book contains more than 300 photographs, including the exclusive Conlon collection of photographs from "The Sporting News" archives.