Jack Bales

Before They Were the Cubs

The Early Years of Chicago's First Professional Baseball Team

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Produktbeschreibung

Using newspaper articles, books and archival records, this book chronicles the Chicago Cub's early planning stages from 1868 to 1902. Reprinted selections from firsthand accounts provide a colourful narrative of baseball in America as well as a documentary history of the Chicago team and its members before they were the Cubs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9781476674674
• ISBN-10: 1476674671
• Artikelnr.: 53776596

Autorenporträt

Jack Bales is the Reference and Humanities Librarian at the University of Mary Washington Library in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The author of numerous books and articles, he lives in Fredericksburg.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Chronology Prologue 1.
A New Team for Chicago (1868-1870) 2.
A Fiery Second Season (1871) 3.
Recovery After Disaster (1872-1875) 4.
William Hulbert and the First League Pennant (1875-1876) 5.
Reversal of Fortune (1877-1879) 6.
Successes and Struggles (1880-1884) 7.
On Top of the League (1885-1886) 8.
Fading Glory (1887-1890) 9.
Dark Days and Grim Years (1891-1902) Postscript: Return to Greatness (1902-1908) Appendix: Year-End Standings of the Chicago Team, 1871-1908 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index