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Forty years a Giant : the life of Horace Stoneham
- Title
- Forty years a Giant : the life of Horace Stoneham / Steve Treder.
- Author
- Treder, Steve
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GV939.S7457 T74 2021 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 477 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Forty Years a Giant is the life story of Horace Stoneham, who inherited the New York Giants major league baseball franchise in 1936, and owned and operated the organization until 1976"--
- Alternative Title
- 40 years a Giant
- Subject
- Stoneham, Horace, 1903-1990
- New York Giants (Baseball team) > History
- San Francisco Giants (Baseball team) > History
- National League of Professional Baseball Clubs > History
- Major League Baseball (Organization) > History
- Major League Baseball (Organization)
- National League of Professional Baseball Clubs
- New York Giants (Baseball team)
- San Francisco Giants (Baseball team)
- Sports team owners > United States > Biography
- Baseball > New York (State) > New York > History
- Baseball > California > San Francisco > History
- Baseball > United States > History
- Baseball
- Sports team owners
- California > San Francisco
- New York (State) > New York
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: Sunday, September 21, 1975 -- Horrie, I bought you a ball club -- Roaring into the Twenties -- Hard truths -- Brooklyn is still in the league -- War, peace, and nice guys -- We knew segregation was wrong -- Horace Stoneham has finally got a winner -- We have no chance to survive here -- Open your Golden Gate -- It's bye, bye, Baby -- No cigar -- Certainly the move will hurt us -- Resilience -- I never thought I would trade Willie -- You can't get discouraged -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 9781496224194
- 1496224191
- 9781496227232 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781496227249 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781496227256 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2020041748
- OCLC
- on1198087194
- SCSB-14140462
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library