Red Sox Century The Definitive History of the World's Most Storied Franchise

Name: Red Sox Century The Definitive History of the World's Most Storied Franchise
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ISBN: 9780395884171

ISBN-10: 0395884179

ISBN-13: 9780395884171

Edition: 2000 (Teachers Edition, Instructors Manual, etc.)

Authors: Glenn Stout, Richard A. Johnson

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The definitive one-volume history of the most fascinating franchise in baseball For a century now, the Boston Red Sox have meant many different things to many different people, eliciting elation, frustration, nostalgia, nausea, confidence, anger, bewilderment, love, and loss, often all at once. But no matter the ups and downs, in their long, storied history the Red Sox have always managed to provide us with one thing that is certain -- they are the most interesting team ever to have taken the field. RED SOX CENTURY: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF RED SOX BASEBALL tells the Red Sox story in its entirety for the first time, from the team's inception in 1901 and its early peak in 1918, when it won…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 9/15/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 9.00" wide x 10.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 4.048
Language: English

Glenn Stout has been the series editor of "The Best American Sports Writing" since its inception & has written three illustrated biographies with Richard A. Johnson: "Ted Williams," "Joe DiMaggio," & "Jackie Robinson." He lives in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.

Richard A. Johnson is the curator of the Sports Museum of New England & the author of "Young at Heart: The Story of Johnny Kelly." He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.



Acknowledgments


Introduction


1901-1902 The Americans


1903 The First Champions


1904-1911 Red Stockings and Red Faces


1912 Invincible Summer


1913-1916 From "Rough" to Ruth


1917-1918 The Last Champions


1919-1922 Harry Frazee and the Truth About Ruth


1923-1932 Embers in the Outfield: Green Light, Green Monster



1933-1935 The Richest Boy in the World


1936-1938 Yawkey's Ways


1939-1941 Enter the Kid


1942-1945 of Front Lines and Color Lines


1946-1949 Three-Time Losers: Rooting for the Red Sox



1950-1960 Teddy Ballgame: Knock Downs



1961-1966 The Country Club: The Dead Zone



1967 Incredibly Beautiful People: Summer of '67



1968-1975 "If it Stays Fair..."


1976-1978 Death, Disappointment, and Dent: How Friendly Is Fenway?



1979-1986 From Ruin to Rocket and Back Again: The Autumn of the Rat



1987-1999 The Public Trust: Musical Chairs on Yawkey Way




Red Sox Century Teams Pre- and Post-World War II



The Red Sox Record


Selected Bibliography


Index


Illustration Credits