Thirty Tons a Day: The Rough-Riding Education of a Neophyte Racetrack Operator - Hardcover

Veeck, Bill. Ed Linn

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9780670701575: Thirty Tons a Day: The Rough-Riding Education of a Neophyte Racetrack Operator

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ISBN 10: 0670701572 ISBN 13: 9780670701575

Publisher: New York: Viking Press, 1972

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In between his romances with baseball, in early 1969 Bill Veeck took up the challenge of managing Boston's semi-moribund Suffolk Downs racetrack. When he took over the track, Veeck had yet to learn that the normal daily output of some sixteen hundred horses (including straw) would amount to so much, or be so hard to dispose of. But that was the least of his problems.

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Bill Veeck (1914-1986) brought a flamboyant, fan-oriented entrepreneurship to his ownership of the Cleveland Indians, the St. Louis Browns, and the Chicago White Sox. He is best remembered for the innovations he brought to the game and for his publicity stunts that brought fans to the ball park. He also wrote Veeck as in Wreck and The Hustler's Handbook.

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PublisherNew York: Viking Press
Publication date1972
ISBN 10 0670701572
ISBN 13 9780670701575
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Thirty Tons a Day : The Rough-Riding Education of a Neophyte Racetrack Operator

Veeck, Bill; Linn, Ed

Published by Viking Press, New York (1972)

ISBN 10: 0670701572 ISBN 13: 9780670701575

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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near New. First Edition. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. The former manager of Boston's Suffolk Downs Racetrack discusses how such institutions are run, their problems and challenges, the people involved, the animals and how they are raced, the jockeys and owners, and the various political and other factors that often impact this business. Hardcover with dust jacket, 296pp. A nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall Top of pagination shows a dampstaining close to the spine leading to slight discoloration of upper corner of pages close to binding; pages affected are 153-296 - clarity of pages unaffected. Book. Seller Inventory # 00007236

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