Double plays and double crosses : the Black Sox and baseball in 1920 / Don Zminda.
Record details
- ISBN: 1538142325 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781538142325 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781538142325
- ISBN: 1538142325
- Physical Description: pages cm
- Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.
- Copyright: © 2021.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / by Rob Neyer -- Introduction -- Prelude: 1917 -- A cold (and dry) New Year -- Detective stories -- Insurrectionists -- Waco -- A good start -- The absent brother -- Trials and triumphs -- Abe tells -- Scandal, tragedy -- and first place -- The suspicious slump -- The Grand Jury -- Busted -- A bitter month -- Here comes the Judge -- Epilogue: Trials, tribulations, and thoughts. |
Summary, etc.: | "This book is the exciting story of how one of the most infamous scandals in American history-the Black Sox scandal-continued for over a year following the "fixed" World Series of 1919 until the truth began to emerge. It is a story of gamblers and crooks; a story of teammates betraying one another; a story of investigations and cover-ups"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | Chicago White Sox (Baseball team) > History. World Series (Baseball) (1919) Baseball > Corrupt practices > United States > History > 20th century. |
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