Full Product Details
Author: Mark Armour
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.794kg
ISBN: 9780803225305
ISBN 10: 080322530
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 01 April 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Reviews
This is a rich account of one of the 20th century's great player-managers, his rise from modest beginnings all the way to Cooperstown, and presidency of the American League. -Margaret Heilbrun and Gilles Renaud, Library Journal -- Margaret Heilbrun and Gilles Renaud Library Journal Mark Armour has produced a grand and deep biography of one of the sport's central figures. I approached it with very high expectations, and came away fully satisfied. -Steve Treder, Hardball Times -- Steve Treder Hardball Times Well written and well worth owning. -frommersports.blogspot.com frommersports.blogspot.com Cronin emerges as a larger-than-life figure, and Armour's biography is a fitting tribute. -D. R. Danbom, Time Out for Entertainment -- D. R. Danbom Time Out for Entertainment This readable, well-documented biography of Cronin, who became an elder statesman of the national pastime, is candid, honest, and reverential. -S. Gittleman, Choice -- S. Gittleman Choice In writing this biography, Mark Armour has done a great service not only to those interested in Joe Cronin, but also to future researchers interested in any of the multitude of facets of baseball that Joe Cronin impacted. -Richard Puerzer, NINE -- Richard Puerzer NINE
Early in his Hall-of-Fame playing career, Joe Cronin became a longtime player-manager, and later ascended to the offices of general manager and league president. Mark Armour's book is as comprehensive as Cronin's career, and his treatment is both thorough and (equally important) very readable. Bill Nowlin, author of Red Sox Threads Mark Armour has given us a fully researched and well-written account of Hall of Famer Joe Cronin's half-century in baseball. Cronin has been praised or criticized for his role in the most important baseball issues of several eras: integration, expansion, labor problems, and revolutionary rules changes. Armour deals with all these issues and presents a broader view of Cronin and his life in the game. Lyle Spatz, author of Bad Bill Dahlen: The Rollicking Life and Times of an Early Baseball Star Joe Cronin had an incredible baseball life, and Mark Armour has chronicled it every step of the way, in a rich, detailed biography that expertly takes you through the game's decades. This is a book that belongs in every baseball fan's library. Bill Reynolds, author of '78: The Boston Red Sox, a Historic Game, and a Divided City and Fall River Dreams
Author Information
Mark Armour is the editor The Great Eight: The 1975 Cincinnati Reds (Nebraska, 2014) and a coeditor of Pitching, Defense, and Three-Run Homers: The 1970 Baltimore Orioles (Nebraska, 2012).
