Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club : Chicago and the Cubs during the Jazz Age.
Title:
Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club : Chicago and the Cubs during the Jazz Age.
Author:
Ehrgott, Roberts.
ISBN:
9780803264830
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (512 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Capital of Baseball -- 2 Samples of Baseball -- 3 The Age of Wilson Begins -- 4 The McCarthymen Take the Stage -- 5 My Dad the Sportswriter -- 6 To Paradise and Back -- 7 "A Sort of Frenzy" -- 8 McCarthy's Debacle -- 9 "I Wanted Wilson" -- 10 The Prime of Mr. Hack Wilson -- 11 "A Lousy Outfield" -- 12 Room 509 -- 13 Informants -- 14 "Nothing to It" -- 15 "No Particular Pal of Mine" -- 16 "That Story Is Terrible, Judge" -- 17 The Natural -- 18 "Mugs . . . Chiselers" -- Notes -- Additional Source Comments -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
"Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club is a joy to read-exhaustively researched, yet lifted by the facts, not weighed down by them. It's difficult to believe that Ehrgott wasn't in Chicago for the events he writes about, considering how vividly he describes the ballpark scene and the Second City atmosphere of the era."-Mark Jacob, coauthor of Wrigley Field: A Tribute to the Friendly Confines.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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