| Baseball and Other Matters in 1941 Contributor(s): Creamer, Robert W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803264062 ISBN-13: 9780803264069 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 99048662 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.37" W x 7.99" (0.84 lbs) 339 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "This is a baseball book, but whether Creamer intended it or not, it's much, much more."-Sports Illustrated. " Creamer] recalls this momentous year in baseball and world history. He reprises Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, Ted Williams's .406 batting average, Hank Greenberg and the draft, the furious Dodgers-Cardinals pennant fight, and the ensuing World Series. All this is portrayed against the looming U.S. entry into World War II."-Library Journal. Robert W. Creamer, one of the best and most perceptive writers on baseball, remembers the baseball-and other matters-of 1941 in a tribute to the game that is also part memoir. Creamer was a long-time writer and editor at Sports Illustrated. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including the following Bison Books: Stengel: His Life and Times, Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat, Jocko, and The Quality of Courage. |