Twilight of the Long-ball Gods

Twilight of the Long-ball Gods
Author: John Schulian
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0803293275


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When he does venture into the big leagues, Schulian gives us the underdogs and the human touches, from Bill Veeck peg-legging toward retirement as the game's last maverick team owner, to musings on Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe at Christmas, to Studs Terkel's reflections on baseball."--BOOK JACKET.


Twilight of the Long-ball Gods
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-01-01 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

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