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Honus Wagner
- Author
- Jeanne Burke DeValeria
- Narrator
- Ian Esmo
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 22 June 2010
- Run Time
- 13 hours 59 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Honus Wagner, whose career in baseball stretched from 1895 to 1917, was the first American sports superstar of the twentieth century. One of the first five players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in its first year (1939), he was arguably the best shortstop in baseball history. His great career and the dawn of baseball as a popular entertainment occurred simultaneously, and he has become an icon of the early game; his 1909 baseball card, one of which sold for $451,000, is a holy grail of American memorabilia. This first major biography shows why Wagner was America’s favorite image of sport during baseball’s transition to the modern era.
Critics Review
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“The DeValerias have produced a clean hit…the ‘Flying Dutchman’ emerges as a shy man who loved the game and loved to play it…His biographers treat him with the same respect he treated the game, and propel themselves with the same thoroughness, doggedness, and care that Wagner displayed on the field.”
Amazon.com, editorial review
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“A valuable book for baseball fans, this is the most comprehensive biography of Wagner…Esmo’s reading is as relaxing as a summer afternoon. His voice has a soothing quality that makes the book interesting and informative.”
AudioFile
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“As the only serious biography of a player many still consider one of the game’s ten best, this is a must for baseball collections.”
Booklist
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“A superb portrait, painted with thorough research on the canvas of one of baseball’s most fascinating eras…This book takes you behind the numbers and introduces you to the man who turned on his generation to the national pastime.”
Gene Carney
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Details
- Author
- Jeanne Burke DeValeria
- Narrator
- Ian Esmo
- Duration
- 13 hours 59 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 June 2010
- ISBN
- 9781483063911
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Biography: sport, Biography: general, Baseball, Baseball, History of sport
Synopsis
Honus Wagner, whose career in baseball stretched from 1895 to 1917, was the first American sports superstar of the twentieth century. One of the first five players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in its first year (1939), he was arguably the best shortstop in baseball history. His great career and the dawn of baseball as a popular entertainment occurred simultaneously, and he has become an icon of the early game; his 1909 baseball card, one of which sold for $451,000, is a holy grail of American memorabilia. This first major biography shows why Wagner was America’s favorite image of sport during baseball’s transition to the modern era.
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