Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series , Asinof, Eliot
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Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series , Asinof, Eliot
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- ISBN
- 9780805065374
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
0805065377
ISBN-13
9780805065374
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1629989
Product Key Features
Book Title
Eight Men Out : the Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / History, Baseball / General, Sports
Publication Year
2000
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Revised
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
"The most thorough investigation of the Black Sox scandal on record ... A vividly, excitingly written book:" -- Chicago Tribune "Dramatic detail ... an admirable journalistic feat." -- The New York Times "As thrilling as a cops and robbers tome." -- The Boston Globe, "The most thorough investigation of the Black Sox scandal on record ... A vividly, excitingly written book:"-- Chicago Tribune "Dramatic detail ... an admirable journalistic feat." -- The New York Times "As thrilling as a cops and robbers tome." -- The Boston Globe, "The most thorough investigation of the Black Sox scandal on record ... A vividly, excitingly written book:"--Chicago Tribune "Dramatic detail ... an admirable journalistic feat." --The New York Times "As thrilling as a cops and robbers tome." --The Boston Globe, The most thorough investigation of the Black Sox scandal on record ... A vividly, excitingly written book:
Dewey Decimal
364.1/68
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as "the most gigantic sporting swindle in the history of America " First published in 1963, Eight Men Out has become a timeless classic. Eliot Asinof has reconstructed the entire scene-by-scene story of the fantastic scandal in which eight Chicago White Sox players arranged with the nation's leading gamblers to throw the Series in Cincinnati. Mr. Asinof vividly describes the tense meetings, the hitches in the conniving, the actual plays in which the Series was thrown, the Grand Jury indictment, and the famous 1921 trial. Moving behind the scenes, he perceptively examines the motives and backgrounds of the players and the conditions that made the improbable fix all too possible. Here, too, is a graphic picture of the American underworld that managed the fix, the deeply shocked newspapermen who uncovered the story, and the war-exhausted nation that turned with relief and pride to the Series, only to be rocked by the scandal. Far more than a superbly told baseball story, this is a compelling slice of American history in the aftermath of World War I and at the cusp of the Roaring Twenties., "The most thorough investigation of the Black Sox scandal on record . . . A vividly, excitingly written book."--Chicago Tribune, First published in 1963, Eliot Asinof's Eight Men Out has become a timeless classic of a scandalous world series. The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as "the most gigantic sporting swindle in the history of America!" Eliot Asinof has reconstructed the entire scene-by-scene story of the fantastic scandal in which eight Chicago White Sox players arranged with the nation's leading gamblers to throw the Series in Cincinnati. Mr. Asinof vividly describes the tense meetings, the hitches in the conniving, the actual plays in which the Series was thrown, the Grand Jury indictment, and the famous 1921 trial. Moving behind the scenes, he perceptively examines the motives and backgrounds of the players and the conditions that made the improbable fix all too possible. Here, too, is a graphic picture of the American underworld that managed the fix, the deeply shocked newspapermen who uncovered the story, and the war-exhausted nation that turned with relief and pride to the Series, only to be rocked by the scandal. Far more than a superbly told baseball story, this is a compelling slice of American history in the aftermath of World War I and at the cusp of the Roaring Twenties.
LC Classification Number
HV6768
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