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"Happiness Is Not My Companion" The Life of General G. K. Warren
David M. Jordan
The valorous but troubled career of the Civil War general, best known for his quick action to defend Little Round Top and avert a Union defeat at Gettysburg.
Gouverneur K. Warren, a brilliant student at West Point and a topographical engineer, earned early acclaim for his explorations of the Nebraska Territory and the Black Hills in the 1850s. With the start of the Civil War, Warren moved from teacher at West Point to lieutenant colonel of a New York regiment and was soon a rising star in...
"Happiness Is Not My Companion" The Life of General G. K. Warren
David M. Jordan
The valorous but troubled career of the Civil War g...
Pete Rose is baseball's Hit King, the Major Leagues' all-time leader in career hits. But some fans consider his off-the-field actions a black mark on the sport. Major League Baseball's investigations into Rose's gambling led to his lifetime banishment from the game--which, in turn, has barred him from otherwise--certain induction into the Hall of Fame. Rose brought to the sport an unparalleled drive to succeed. Now, people from every part of society debate the nature of his legacy. Baseball author David Jordan presents an even-handed look at Rose's life, career, and post-baseball life, and...
Pete Rose is baseball's Hit King, the Major Leagues' all-time leader in career hits. But some fans consider his off-the-field actions a black mark ...
In 1901, American League president Ban Johnson convinced Connie Mack to move his Western League Milwaukee franchise to Philadelphia, strategically placing the team in the same market as the National League Phillies' and making the City of Brotherly Love a two-team town. The Athletics thus began their 54-year history. They won nine pennants and five World Series, yet finished last 16 times; they raided the Phillies roster in 1901, and later stripped themselves in a couple of baseball's first great fire sales; and they boasted the illustrious 100,000 dollar infield, yet were barely solvent.
In 1901, American League president Ban Johnson convinced Connie Mack to move his Western League Milwaukee franchise to Philadelphia, strategically pla...
Though the players make the highlight reels, for fans of Major League Baseball the actual ballparks are often the seat of affection and team loyalty. Players come and go, get traded, retire, but the parks remain for decades. This work recounts the histories of the classic parks, those that were built between 1909 and 1923, and the last games that were played in them when their teams finally moved on.
Though the players make the highlight reels, for fans of Major League Baseball the actual ballparks are often the seat of affection and team loyalty. ...
With more losses and last-place finishes than any other club in Major League Baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies have earned a reputation as one of the most unsuccessful teams ever to take the field. Even so, the Phillies have boasted many unforgettable players and achieved a number of notable triumphs. This history of the Phillies begins with the club's inception in 1883 and goes through the 2012 season, highlighting the team's finer moments and players but also covering less memorable times. Among the people and events it recounts are the great outfield of the 1890s, Chuck Klein's slugging...
With more losses and last-place finishes than any other club in Major League Baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies have earned a reputation as one of th...
Although the presidential election of 1944 placed FDR in the White House for an unprecedented fourth term, historical memory of the election itself has been overshadowed by the war, Roosevelt's health and his death the following April, Truman's ascendancy, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb. Today most people assume that FDR's reelection was assured. Yet, as David M. Jordan's engrossing account reveals, neither the outcome of the campaign nor even the choice of candidates was assured. Just a week before Election Day, pollster George Gallup thought a small shift in votes in a few key...
Although the presidential election of 1944 placed FDR in the White House for an unprecedented fourth term, historical memory of the election itself...
This title presents a history of the Oakland Athletics franchise, from its Connie Mack years in Philadelphia, theough its 13 years in Kansas City, and on to its great years in Oakland - with three World Series wins featuring Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Sal Bando and Vida Blue, as well as the less successful seasons that followed, and ending up with the unusual operation of the club by Billy Beane.
This title presents a history of the Oakland Athletics franchise, from its Connie Mack years in Philadelphia, theough its 13 years in Kansas City, and...
