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Blue ruin : a novel of the 1919 World Series / Brendan Boyd.

Title
Blue ruin : a novel of the 1919 World Series / Brendan Boyd.
Author
Boyd, Brendan C.
Publication
New York : HarperPerennial, 1993.

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Description
339 p.; 21 cm.
Summary
A strong but often funny look at the notorious 1919 world series & the culture of money, hypocrisy & corruption of the culture around it. America's premier sporting event was rigged by gamblers & the Chicago Black Sox players were banned from baseball for life.
Subject
  • Chicago White Sox (Baseball team) > History > Fiction
  • Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team) > History > Fiction
  • World Series (Baseball) > History > Fiction
  • Baseball players > Fiction
  • Cincinnati (Ohio) > Fiction
  • Chicago (Ill.) > Fiction
Genre/Form
  • Baseball stories.
  • Historical fiction
  • Baseball stories
  • Fiction
Note
  • Originally published: New York : Norton, 1991.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0060975148 (pbk.) :
LCCN
^^^92053404^
OCLC
  • 26158946
  • SCSB-12542850
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library