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Book Description: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2007. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. First Edition (Unstated). 708 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. New book. SPORTS. Connie Mack (1862-1956) was the Grand Old Man of baseball and one of the game's first true celebrities. This book, spanning the first fifty-two years of Mack's life, through 1914, covers his experiences as player, manager, and club owner and will stand as the definitive biography of baseball's most legendary and beloved figure. Norman L. Macht chronicles Mack's little-known beginnings. He tells how Mack, a school dropout at fourteen, created strategies for winning baseball and principles for managing men long before there were notions of defining such subjects. And he details how Mack, a key figure in the launching of the American League in 1901, won six of the league's first fourteen pennants while serving as manager, treasurer, general manager, traveling secretary, and public relations and scouting director (all at the same time) for the Philadelphia Athletics. This book brings to life the unruly origins of baseball as a sport and a business. It also provides the first complete and accurate picture of a character who was larger than life and yet little known: the tricky, rule-bending catcher; the peppery field leader and fan favorite; the hot-tempered young manager. Illustrated with family photographs never before published, it affords unique insight into a colorful personality who helped shape baseball as we know it today. Norman L. Macht is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the author of more than thirty books, including biographies of Rowdy Richard (with Dick Bartell) and Rex Barney's Thank Youuuu (with Rex Barney). "[T]he tale Macht offers is often riveting."ÑLibrary Journal "Comprehensive and interesting portrait of one of baseball's most successful managers. . . . A compelling look at a legend and an era."ÑKirkus Reviews "[A] mother lode of data, stories, perceptions about one of the legendary figures in the history of the national pastime. Like a fine wine, Connie Mack and the Early Years of Baseball brings back Mack as player, manager, owner. If you are into baseball, get into this tome."ÑHarvey Frommer on Sports "[I]ncludes . . . many fascinating details of baseball from the 1880s to 1914."ÑBoston Globe "[R]ichly enjoyable."ÑThe Roanoke Times "No other baseball manager is going to winÑor loseÑas many games as Connie Mack did in his fifty years managing the Philadelphia Athletics. A biography of Mack cannot help but be a history of baseball in the first half of the twentieth century, and this biography is a feast of interesting facts and judgments."ÑGeorge F. Will, syndicated columnist and author of Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball "From the early beginnings of baseball into the modern era, no figure dominated the game like Connie Mack. In Norman Macht's book the legendary patriarch finally gets his deserved recognition from a serious historian. Macht has turned out a book which provides a true insight into baseball and its beginning as the National Pastime."ÑErnie Harwell, Hall of Fame broadcaster for fifty-four years, the last forty-two for the Detroit Tigers "As a catcher and manager, Connie Mack deserves much of the credit for writing 'The Book' on baseball strategy and the managing of men. How he did it all is told here for the first time."ÑRoland Hemond, three-time winner of Major League Baseball's Executive of the Year award "[T]he tale Macht offers is often riveting."ÑLibrary Journal (Key Words: Connie Mack, Baseball Teams, Norman L. Macht, Sports, Philadelphia Athletics, Baseball Players, Cy Young, World Series, George Edward Rube WaddellIra Thomas, St. Louis Browns, John Shibe, Osee Schrecongost, Eddie Plank, Francis C. RichterPhiladelphia Phillies, New York Giants, National League, Milwaukee Brewers, John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, Dennis Mack, Fred Lieb, Jack Lapp, Ban Johnson, Walter Johnson, Ned Hamlon, Clark Griffith, Charles Dryden, Federal League, Harry Davis, Charles Comiskey, Ty Cobb, Chicago W. book. Bookseller Inventory # 58038X1

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Book Description: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. Thick Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine+. First Edition; First Printing. Book New with no notes, names, or ANY markings. DJ not price clipped ($39.95) with SLIGHT rub to rear of DJ, else New. ; Photos; Thick 8vo; 708 pages; Book ships In a box, USA. Bookseller Inventory # 52677

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Book Description: Univ of Nebraska Pr, 2007. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. 708 pages. 9.50x6.75x2.00 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # 0803232632

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