The First Fall Classic: The Red Sox, the Giants and the Cast of Players, Pugs and Politicos Who Reinvented the World Series in 1912 - Hardcover

Vaccaro, Mike

 
9780385526241: The First Fall Classic: The Red Sox, the Giants and the Cast of Players, Pugs and Politicos Who Reinvented the World Series in 1912

Synopsis

Traces how the 1912 competition between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants elevated the World Series to a national obsession, describing the contributions of such figures as "Smoky Joe" Wood, Christy Mathewson, and Teddy Roosevelt.

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About the Author

\MIKE VACCARO is the lead sports columnist for the New York Post and the author of 1941: The Greatest Year in Sports and Emperors and Idiots. He has won more than fifty major journalism awards since 1989 and has been cited for distinguished writing by the Associated Press Sports Editors, the New York State Publishers Association, and the Poynter Institute. A graduate of St. Bonaventure University, he lives in New Jersey.

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9780767929684: The First Fall Classic: The Red Sox, the Giants, and the Cast of Players, Pugs, and Politicos Who Reinvented the World Series in 1912

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ISBN 10:  0767929683 ISBN 13:  9780767929684
Publisher: Anchor Books, 2010
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