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Author Cannon, Jason, author

Title Charlie Murphy the iconoclastic showman behind the Chicago Cubs / Jason Cannon
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]

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Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Wilmington -- 2. On to Cincinnati -- 3. "A Real Wonder-Story" -- 4. "He Is One of Us" -- 5. Champions -- 6. Supremacy Again -- 7. The War of 1908-9 -- 8. A Pair of Presidents -- 9. The Final Pennant -- 10. "Murphy Alone is My Enemy" -- 11. "All Is Fair in Love and War" -- 12. "The Malicious Mistake of Mr. Murphy" -- 13. Show Business -- 14. Narratives -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary A biography of Charles Webb Murphy, the ebullient and mercurial owner of the Chicago Cubs from 1905 through 1914
SUBJECT Murphy, Charles Webb
Subject Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) -- History
SUBJECT Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) fast
Subject Baseball -- United States -- Pratiques deloyales -- Histoire
Baseball -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- History
Baseball -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
Baseball team owners -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History.
Baseball team owners
Baseball -- Corrupt practices
Baseball
United States
Illinois -- Chicago
Genre/Form History
Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781496232212
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9781496232205
1496232208