Fifty-nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had |
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| Authors: | Achorn, Edward |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books |
| BISAC/Subject: | BIO016000, SPO003030, SPO019000 |
| ISBN: | 9780061986192, Related ISBNs: 0061986194, 9780061825873, 9780061986192 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 400, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
“All fans of baseball, all fans of a good story, will love this book."
— Professor Gordon Wood, Pulitzer and Bancroft Prize winner
“This is a beautifully written, meticulously researched story about a bygone baseball era that even die-hard fans will find foreign, and about a pitcher who might have been the greatest of all time.” — Joseph J. Ellis, Pulitzer prize-winning historian
Following in the tradition of the sleeper bestseller Crazy ‘08, Fifty-Nine in '84 is the story of Charles Radbourn, a brilliant major league baseball pitcher who, in the 1884 season, won an astonishing 59 games, a record that has never been broken. Set against the backdrop of 19th century baseball, Fifty-Nine in '84 gives readers a glimpse of the dangerous and violent game that preceded the sport we enjoy today.
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