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Charles Ebbets : the man behind the Dodgers and Brooklyn's beloved ballpark
- Title
- Charles Ebbets : the man behind the Dodgers and Brooklyn's beloved ballpark / John G. Zinn.
- Author
- Zinn, John G., 1946-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-3824 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 244 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Much has been written about the legendary players and managers of baseball's Deadball Era (1901-1919). Far less attention has been given to the club owners. This first full length biography provides an in-depth view of Charles Ebbets life and career, filling a critical gap in the history of the Deadball Era and the Brooklyn Dodgers"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- "Where I learnt the first rudiments of baseball" -- "The greatest mistake of our life" -- "I have put every dollar I own into the club" -- "It is the fair name of the Brooklyn club at stake" -- "Sooner than give into Freedman I would lose every dollar I have invested in the game" -- "Sabbatarians who wanted to regulate the morals of everyone" -- "I know we get robbed, I know it" -- "We gentlemen are the guardians of this great national game" -- "A very important piece of news" -- "An outside organization antagonistic to us coming into Brooklyn" -- "A wide smile on his face and giving the glad hand to all comers" -- "A man who can do that has more than twenty-five cents in his pocket." -- "1920 will be the most wonderful season in the history of our great national game" -- "Tell the fans that I am in baseball until I die" -- "The good squire of Flatbush."
- Call Number
- JFE 19-3824
- ISBN
- 9780786499731
- 0786499737
- 9781476630335
- 147663033X
- LCCN
- 2018048503
- OCLC
- 1016969419
- Author
- Zinn, John G., 1946- author.
- Title
- Charles Ebbets : the man behind the Dodgers and Brooklyn's beloved ballpark / John G. Zinn.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-3824