In interviews with the author, eighteen former big-league players, including Wes Ferrell, Bucky Walters, Ted Lyons, Clyde Sukeforth, and Rip Sewell, recall their careers and the game as it was in the twenties, thirties, and forties Author: Honig, Donald Publisher: Penguin Adult HC/TR Binding: Hardco..
Donald Honig crossed the country to meet and interview former big-league ball players. They shared their memories with him and the result is a book packed with nostalgia, statistics, action, revelations-an extraordinary oral history of baseball in the halcyon days beween the two world wars. Babe Rut..
Product Description"An important book that will be widely read by historians and social scientists alike. Anyone interested in modern Shanghai must read it." -- Jerry Dennerline, Amherst College Drawing on archival research and interviews conducted in Shanghei, this book describes the daily lives, o..
Review"Honig quite purposely twists the common question concerning whether immigration is good or bad. . . . [She] provides a new take on foreignness and nation. Highly recommended." ChoiceProduct DescriptionWhat should we do about foreigners Should we try to make them more like us or keep them a..
This insightful book explores the ways in which Flemish painting between 1550 and 1650 both represented and reflected the burgeoning capitalism of Antwerp, Europe`s major port of the time. The author focuses on market-scene paintings as well as on the interaction between painters and markets, arguin..
Photographs show over one hundred years in the history of the Chicago baseball team, from the late 1800s to the present day Author: Honig, Donald Publisher: Simon & Schuster Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0131313274 ISBN-13: 9780131313279..
Traces the history of the team from its move to L.A., in 1957, to the present, and includes photos of the team's star players Author: Honig, Donald Publisher: St Martins Pr Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0312498802 ISBN-13: 9780312498801..