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Author:

Dickson, Paul.

Title:

Bill Veeck : baseball's greatest maverick / Paul Dickson.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Walker & Co.,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

x, 434 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Veeck, Bill.
Baseball team owners--United States--Biography.
Baseball promoters--United States--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue -- Senior -- Veeck on deck -- A rambunctious Cub -- Brewers gold -- The Philadelphia story -- Pvt. Veeck goes to war -- Back in the game -- Lawrence Doby and the integration of the American League -- The oldest rookie -- Indians summer -- Flagpole sitting -- Striking out with the St. Louis Browns -- Baltimore chop -- Chicago a go-go -- Bells and whistles -- Peachblossom Creek -- Off to the races -- The last hurrah -- Demolition -- Borrow time -- Epilogue -- Following the family and close friends.

Summary:

Veeck's sportswriter father became president of the Chicago Cubs when Bill was four, and America's pastime became his lifelong passion. He changed the business and conscience of baseball, leaving his mark on it as few ever did.

ISBN:

0802717780 (hardback)
9780802717788 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)738346685

LCCN:

2012000702

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

CJPC482 -- Williamsburg Public Library (Williamsburg)