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Author:
Achorn, Edward.
Title:
Fifty-nine in '84 : old Hoss Radbourn, barehanded baseball, and the greatest season a pitcher ever had / Edward Achorn.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
xv, 366 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Radbourn, Charles Gardner,--1853-1897.
Pitchers (Baseball)--United States--Biography.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Baseball--United States--History--19th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-354) and index.
Summary:
Chronicles the career of Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn who, in 1884, had the winningest single season of any major-league baseball pitcher. Also tells the story of baseball in the 1880s--a brutal, bloody sport played barehanded.
ISBN:
0061825867 (hc.)
9780061825866 (hc.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)419857745
LCCN:
2009034296
Locations:
FJPC224 -- Elkader Public Library (Elkader)
YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

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