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The 1940 Cincinnati Reds : a world championship and baseball's only in-season suicide / Brian Mulligan.

Title
The 1940 Cincinnati Reds : a world championship and baseball's only in-season suicide / Brian Mulligan.
Author
Mulligan, Brian, 1963-
Publication
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2005.

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Description
x, 220 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
"This book addresses both the 1940 Cincinnati Reds as a collective group and, to a greater degree, the individual players who comprised that championship squad. The book begins with the story of Willard Hershberger, the 1939 reserve catcher for the Reds and the only player ever to commit suicide during a major league season"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  • Baseball players > Suicidal behavior > United States
  • Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team) > History > 20th century
  • Hershberger, Willard, 1910-1940
  • World Series (Baseball) (1940)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Damn Yankees -- The best little catcher -- "One of the greatest individuals" -- The jungle cats -- Armed and ready -- That championship season -- Hurting more than we knew -- The Hall of Famer -- Champions of the world -- And then.
ISBN
0786420901 (softcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2004030531
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library