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

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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Year
2013
Tongue
English
Leaves
512
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


Machine generated contents note: 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".

✦ Table of Contents


Machine generated contents note: 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".

✦ Subjects


Manners and customs;History;Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) -- History;Chicago (Ill.) -- Socail life and customs;Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century;Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs;Chicago Cubs (Baseball team);Illinois -- Chicago


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