Bibliograph

Crazy '08, how a cast of cranks, rogues, boneheads, and magnates created the greatest year in baseball history, Cait Murphy

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Crazy '08, how a cast of cranks, rogues, boneheads, and magnates created the greatest year in baseball history, Cait Murphy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-360) and index

Illustrations

portraitsillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Crazy '08

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

71329991

Responsibility statement

Cait Murphy

Sub title

how a cast of cranks, rogues, boneheads, and magnates created the greatest year in baseball history

Table Of Contents

The Hot Stove League -- Land of the Giants -- Origins of a dynasty -- Time-out 1: Chicago on the make -- Opening days -- Time-out 2: The murder farm -- The great sorting -- Heat and dust -- Time-out 3: Doubleday and doubletalk -- The guns of August -- The dog days -- Time-out 4: Baseball's invisible men -- The Merkle game -- That other pennant race -- Time-out 5: The red peril and the red priestess -- Down to the wire: The National League -- The Merkle game II -- Time-out 6: Curses! -- Covering the bases

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