1998, ISBN: 0822956659

[EAN: 9780822956655], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: University of Pittsburgh Press, United States, Pittsburgh PA], DENNIS DEVALERIA HONUS WAGNER A BIOGRAPHY, With the coming of the … Plus…

[EAN: 9780822956655], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: University of Pittsburgh Press, United States, Pittsburgh PA], DENNIS DEVALERIA HONUS WAGNER A BIOGRAPHY, With the coming of the twentieth century, America was thinking on a grand scale. Barriers of communication and transportation were being overcome and giants such as Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and William Randolph Hearst walked the land. The nation's game was baseball, and its giant was Honus Wagner. In 1996, a baseball card depicting Honus Wagner sold for $640,500 - the largest sum ever paid at auction for a sports artifact. What could possibly make that piece of cardboard, approximately one-and-a-half by two-and-a-half inches, worth more than half a million dollars? The DeValerias tell the unique story behind this now-famous baseball card and the man depicted on it. In doing so, they accurately present the local, regional, and national context so readers gain a thorough understanding of Wagner's times.Wagner's gradual emergence from the pack into stardom and popularity is described here in rich detail, but the book also reveals much of Wagner's family and personal life - his minor leauge career, his values, his failed business ventures during the Depression, and his later years. Neither the rowdy-ball ruffian nor the teetotal saint constructed of legend, Wagner is presented here in a complete portrait - one that offers a vivid impression of the era when baseball was America's game and the nation was evolving into the world's industrial leader. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

1998, ISBN: 0822956659

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