Edward Achorn: Fifty-nine in '84, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Fifty-nine in '84
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- Verlag:
- Harper Perennial, 04/2020
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, Paperback
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780061825873
- Artikelnummer:
- 5044292
- Umfang:
- 400 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 351 g
- Maße:
- 203 x 134 mm
- Stärke:
- 30 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 20.4.2020
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
In 1884, Providence Grays pitcher Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn won an astounding fifty-nine games---more than anyone in major-league history ever had before, or has since. He then went on to win all three games of baseball's first World Series.
Fifty-nine in '84 tells the dramatic story not only of that amazing feat of grit but also of big-league baseball two decades after the Civil War---a brutal, bloody sport played barehanded, the profession of uneducated, hard-drinking men who thought little of cheating outrageously or maiming an opponent to win. Wonderfully entertaining, Fifty-nine in '84 is an indelible portrait of a legendary player and a fascinating, little-known era of the national pastime.