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The Secret Diaries of Watkin Tench
Why did the British Government send the dregs of its society to the other side of the world? And what really happened to French explorer Comte de La Perouse, whose two frigates arrived at Botany Bay only days after the First Fleet came to Australia? These lost diaries reveal what really happened in 1788.
Of Tribes and Tribulations
Over their first four decades in the American League, the Cleveland Indians were known more for great players than consistently great play. Its rosters filled with all-time greats like Cy Young, Nap Lajoie, Elmer Flick, Tris Speaker, and the ill-fated Addie Joss and Ray Chapman, Cleveland often found itself in the thick of the race but, with 1920 the lone exception, seemed always to finish a game or two back in the final standings. In the 10 years that followed the end of World War II, however, the franchise turned the corner. Led by owner (and world-class showman) Bill Veeck, the boy-manager Lou Boudreau, ace Bob Feller, and the barrier-busting Larry Doby, Cleveland charged up the standings, finishing in the first division every season but one and winning it all in 1948. This meticulously researched history covers the Indians' first six decades, from their minor league origins at the end of the 19th century to the dismantling of the 1954 World Series club. It is a story of unforgettable players, frustrated hopes, and two glorious victories that fed a city's unwavering devotion to its team.
Legends of the Tribe
Legends of the Tribe relives the exciting Jacobs Field era of the 1990s along with the complete 100-year legacy of this storied franchise. This book revives the memorable moments of Indians history and includes a stunning collection of more than 200 vintage photos of the great games, players, and events.
Wildcat Strike
The Cornbelt Foods Inc. canning factory in Winatchee Falls, Minn., is running flat out, two 12-hours shifts, at the end of August 1939, producing close to 18,000 cases of canned corn daily. There's also a corporate plan afoot to cut the 25 cents an hour paid the independent truckers who haul corn from the fields to the plant while they wait to weigh-in to 20 cents. The truckers get wind of this & a few led by John Patrick (Whip) Rahilly decide they'll strike in a effort to get that nickel-&-hour back. J. B. Slatterly, the plant manager, gets wind of that & alerts the Head Office in Chicago, which dispatches Harry Stubbs, vice president for personnel & labor relations, a former Pinkerton agent, & four professional strike-breakers to settle this matter. Which they do, brutally, the day World War II begins. And Whip, after 10 days in jail, broke, his truck wrecked, his ex-girlfriend calling him a Jail Bird, murder on his mind, decides he'll join the U. S. Army.
War Without Blood
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The Thematic Evolution of Sports Journalism's Narrative of Mental Illness
This book explores the evolution of how sports journalists have covered the struggle of professional athletes who have experienced mental illness. Combining historical research and narrative analysis, Ronald Bishop interrogates whether sports journalists have finally begun to cover the experience of mental illness with sufficient depth.
Keepers of the Game
The inside stories from baseball's legendary beat writers
Hearings
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The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: Cleveland Indians
Genuine fans take the best team moments with the less than great, and know that the games that are best forgotten make the good moments truly shine. This monumental book of the Cleveland Indians documents all the best moments and personalities in the history of the team, but also unmasks the regrettably awful and the unflinchingly ugly. In entertaining—and unsparing—fashion, this book sparkles with Indians highlights and lowlights, from wonderful and wacky memories to the famous and infamous. Such moments include the impressive playoff run in 2007 and the opening of Jacobs Field, but also the 23-2 loss to the Twins in 2003 and the debacle that was the “ten cent beer night” in 1974. Whether providing fond memories, goose bumps, or laughs, this portrait of the team is sure to appeal to the fan who has been through it all.
