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Author Achorn, Edward.

Title Fifty-nine in '84 : old Hoss Radbourn, barehanded baseball, and the greatest season a pitcher ever had / Edward Achorn.

Publication Info. New York : Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins, [2010]
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  796.357 ACHORN    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  796.357 ACHORN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  796.357 ACHORN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  796.357 AC    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xv, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-354) and index.
Contents Prologue: Old Hoss is ready -- The importance of grit -- I am a pitcher -- Raging, tearing, booming -- Lucky man -- Treasure from the gold country -- Brimstone and treacle -- Pneumonia weather -- She's yours, rad -- Red fire -- A working girl -- An ugly disposition -- Rendezvous of the wayward -- Crackup -- Drunk enough to be stupid -- The severe wrenching -- Inward laughs -- A promise kept -- The best on earth -- Epilogue: Called out by the inexorable umpire.
Subject Radbourn, Old Hoss, 1854-1897.
Pitchers (Baseball) -- United States -- Biography.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
Baseball -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 9780061825866 hardcover
0061825867 hardcover
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