Doug Wilson

Let's Play Two (eBook, ePUB)

The Life and Times of Ernie Banks

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Produktbeschreibung

When Ernie Banks passed away in 2015, he was regarded as one of the most beloved men in baseball history. Making his start as a shortstop with the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro Leagues as a teenager, Banks went on to become the first African American to play for the Chicago Cubs. Known affectionately as "Mr. Cub," he brought exceptional talent and boundless optimism to the game of baseball, earning him a Presidential Medal of Freedom and a place in the Hall of Fame. In Let's Play Two: The Life and Times of Ernie Banks, Doug Wilson explores the life of one of baseball's most immortal figures, from his humble beginnings as a young boy living in the segregated South to his last few years and the public battles over his remains and will. Drawing on interviews of those close to Banks from all stages of his life, Wilson presents a portrait of the baseball player not just as an athlete, but also as a complex man with ambitious goals and hidden pains. Ernie Banks's enthusiasm and skill transcended issues of race and helped him to become one of the most highly-regarded men in baseball. Offering details that have never before been printed, this book discusses Banks's athletic prowess as well as the legacy he left behind. Let's Play Two is the essential Ernie Banks biography for sports fans and historians alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538112304
• Artikelnr.: 55155425

Autorenporträt

Doug Wilson is a former college baseball player and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research. He is the author of Fred Hutchinson and the 1964 Cincinnati Reds (2010), The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych (2013), Brooks: The Biography of Brooks Robinson (2014), and Pudge: The Biography of Carlton Fisk (2015). His books have been finalists for the Casey Award and SABR's Seymour Medal as the best baseball books of the year and The Bird was selected by the Library of Michigan as a Michigan Notable book for 2014.Wilson lives in Columbus, Indiana.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Prologue Chapter One: Dallas Chapter Two: Baseball Chapter
Three: Kansas City Monarchs Chapter Four: Chicago Chapter Five: Bingo Bango
Chapter Six: Most Valuable Player Chapter Seven: Becoming Mr. Cub Chapter
Eight: The Old College Effort Chapter Nine: Windmills Chapter Ten: Leo
Ferocious Chapter Eleven: RESPECT Chapter Twelve: That Summer of '69
Chapter Thirteen: Immortal Chapter Fourteen: Living as Mr. Cub Epilogue
Appendix: Ernie Banks' Career Statistics Bibliography Index About the
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