Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club write by Roberts Ehrgott. This book was released on 2013-04-01. Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Chicago in the Roaring Twenties was a city of immigrants, mobsters, and flappers with one shared passion: the Chicago Cubs. It all began when the chewing-gum tycoon William Wrigley decided to build the world’s greatest ball club in the nation’s Second City. In this Jazz Age center, the maverick Wrigley exploited the revolutionary technology of broadcasting to attract eager throngs of women to his renovated ballpark. Mr. Wrigley’s Ball Club transports us to this heady era of baseball history and introduces the team at its crazy heart—an amalgam of rakes, pranksters, schemers, and choirboys who take center stage in memorable successes, equally memorable disasters, and shadowy intrigue. Readers take front-row seats to meet Grover Cleveland Alexander, Rogers Hornsby, Joe McCarthy, Lewis “Hack” Wilson, Gabby Hartnett. The cast of characters also includes their colorful if less-extolled teammates and the Cubs’ nemesis, Babe Ruth, who terminates the ambitions of Mr. Wrigley’s ball club with one emphatic swing.
Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club
Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club write by Roberts Ehrgott. This book was released on 2013-04-01. Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Chicago in the Roaring Twenties was a city of immigrants, mobsters, and flappers with one shared passion: the Chicago Cubs. It all began with the decision of the chewing-gum tycoon William Wrigley to build the world’s greatest ball club in the nation’s Second City. In this Jazz Age center, the maverick Wrigley exploited the revolutionary technology of broadcasting and attracted eager throngs of women to his renovated ballpark. Mr. Wrigley’s Ball Club transports us to this heady era of baseball history and introduces the team at its crazy heart—an amalgam of rakes, pranksters, schemers, and choirboys who take center stage in memorable successes and disasters. Readers take front-row seats to meet one Hall of Famer after another—Grover Cleveland Alexander, Rogers Hornsby, Joe McCarthy, Lewis “Hack” Wilson, Gabby Hartnett. The cast of characters also includes their colorful if less-sung teammates and the Cubs’ nemesis, Babe Ruth, who terminates the ambitions of Mr. Wrigley’s ball club with one emphatic swing.
The Called Shot
The Called Shot - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Called Shot write by Thomas Wolf. This book was released on 2020-05-01. The Called Shot available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the summer of 1932, at the beginning of the turbulent decade that would remake America, baseball fans were treated to one of the most thrilling seasons in the history of the sport. As the nation drifted deeper into the Great Depression and reeled from social unrest, baseball was a diversion for a troubled country—and yet the world of baseball was marked by the same edginess that pervaded the national scene. On-the-field fights were as common as double plays. Amid the National League pennant race, Cubs’ shortstop Billy Jurges was shot by showgirl Violet Popovich in a Chicago hotel room. When the regular season ended, the Cubs and Yankees clashed in what would be Babe Ruth’s last appearance in the fall classic. After the Cubs lost the first two games in New York, the series resumed in Chicago at Wrigley Field, with Democratic presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt cheering for the visiting Yankees from the box seats behind the Yankees’ dugout. In the top of the fifth inning the game took a historic turn. As Ruth was jeered mercilessly by Cubs players and fans, he gestured toward the outfield and then blasted a long home run. After Ruth circled the bases, Roosevelt exclaimed, “Unbelievable!” Ruth’s homer set off one of baseball’s longest-running and most intense debates: did Ruth, in fact, call his famous home run? Rich with historical context and detail, The Called Shot dramatizes the excitement of a baseball season during one of America’s most chaotic summers.
Hearings
Hearings - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hearings write by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. This book was released on 1957. Hearings available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Study of Monopoly Power
Study of Monopoly Power - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Study of Monopoly Power write by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Monopoly Power. This book was released on 1952. Study of Monopoly Power available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
