Fifty-Nine in '84 (MP3 CD)

Fifty-Nine in '84 By Edward Achorn, Ax Norman (Read by) Cover Image
By Edward Achorn, Ax Norman (Read by)
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Description


In 1884, Providence Grays pitcher Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn won an astounding 59 games--more than anyone in major-league history ever had before, or has since. He then went on to win all three games of baseball's first World Series.

Fifty-nine in '84 tells the dramatic story not only of that amazing feat of grit but also of big-league baseball two decades after the Civil War--a brutal, bloody sport played barehanded, the profession of uneducated, hard-drinking men who thought little of cheating outrageously or maiming an opponent to win.

It is the tale, too, of the woman Radbourn loved, Carrie Stanhope, the alluring proprietress of a boarding-house with shady overtones, a married lady who was said to have personally known every man in the National League.

Wonderfully entertaining, Fifty-nine in '84 is an indelible portrait of a legendary player and a fascinating, little-known era of the national pastime.



Product Details
ISBN: 9781511397933
ISBN-10: 1511397934
Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance
Publication Date: May 3rd, 2016
Language: English