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Double plays and double crosses : the Black Sox and baseball in 1920 / Don Zminda.

By: Publisher: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: xviii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1538142325
  • 9781538142325
Other title:
  • Black Sox and baseball in 1920
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Double plays and double crossesDDC classification:
  • 796.357/640977311 23
LOC classification:
  • GV875 .C58 Z65 2021
Contents:
Foreword / by Rob Neyer -- Introduction -- Prelude: 1917 -- A cold (and dry) New Year -- Detective stories -- Insurrectionists -- Waco -- A good start -- The absent brother -- Trials and triumphs -- Abe tells -- Scandal, tragedy -- and first place -- The suspicious slump -- The Grand Jury -- Busted -- A bitter month -- Here comes the Judge -- Epilogue: Trials, tribulations, and thoughts.
Summary: "This book is the exciting story of how one of the most infamous scandals in American history--the Black Sox scandal--continued for over a year following the "fixed" World Series of 1919 until the truth began to emerge. It is a story of gamblers and crooks; a story of teammates betraying one another; a story of investigations and cover-ups"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks GV875 .C58 Z65 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001501955

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-305) and index.

Foreword / by Rob Neyer -- Introduction -- Prelude: 1917 -- A cold (and dry) New Year -- Detective stories -- Insurrectionists -- Waco -- A good start -- The absent brother -- Trials and triumphs -- Abe tells -- Scandal, tragedy -- and first place -- The suspicious slump -- The Grand Jury -- Busted -- A bitter month -- Here comes the Judge -- Epilogue: Trials, tribulations, and thoughts.

"This book is the exciting story of how one of the most infamous scandals in American history--the Black Sox scandal--continued for over a year following the "fixed" World Series of 1919 until the truth began to emerge. It is a story of gamblers and crooks; a story of teammates betraying one another; a story of investigations and cover-ups"-- Provided by publisher.

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