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Author Dewey, Donald, 1940- author.

Title The Black prince of baseball : Hal Chase and the mythology of the game / Donald Dewey and Nicholas Acocella
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 436 pages)
Contents Half-Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Cats and Cradles; Playing the Fields; Games for Sale; Yankee Dandy; Consolation Prizes; Broadway Lights; Aftershocks; Inlaws and Outlaws; Managing Crisis; Second Thoughts; Poxes on the House; Peaceful Coexistence; Captain Outrageous; Chase in Charge; Breakdowns; Affairs to Remember; Relocations; The Second City; A Federal Case; Non-Support; The Red Prince; War Clouds; Laying Down; Fibbers and Magee; Burning Bridges; Giant Acquittals; The Wild Bunch; Dirty Laundry; Out at Home
Still Crazy After All These YearsBlame Games; On the Borderline; Arizona Traveler; When Hustlers Meet; The Nuclear Family and Other Meltdowns; Last Licks; The Extra Innings; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Chase, Hal, 1883-1947.
SUBJECT Chase, Hal, 1883-1947 fast
Subject Baseball players -- United States -- Biography
Baseball -- Betting -- United States -- History
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
Baseball -- Betting
Baseball players
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Acocella, Nick, author
ISBN 9780803299665
0803299664