Spoke: A Biography of Tris Speaker
Author:   Charles C. Alexander
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9781476662473


Pages:   277
Publication Date:   31 May 2024
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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One of the greatest centerfielders ever, Tris Speaker's career was full of colorful moments on and off the field. This biography chronicles his career spent with the Boston Red Sox, the Cleveland Indians, the Washington Senators, and the Philadelphia Athletics. It also follows his years as a minor league manager and part owner, civic activist, Indians coach, and general promoter of baseball. Every significant major league game is described in detail, along with the careers of Speaker's teammates and opponents and the changing baseball landscape around them. This title is now available as a paperback and ebook exclusively from McFarland.

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Author:   Charles C. Alexander
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.80cm
ISBN:  

9781476662473


ISBN 10:   1476662479
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   31 May 2024
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

"Foreword: ""No Place for Me"" 1. ""I Played Baseball and Drove the Cows to Pasture"" 2. ""By No Means a Finished Outfielder"" 3. ""Well, There Goes Your World Series"" 4. ""For God's Sake, Men, Take the Money Away"" 5. ""Baseball Is a Business"" 6. ""New Life into a Half-Dead, Despondent City"" 7. ""The Inspiration of Speaker's Leadership"" 8. ""I Knew My Team"" 9. ""I Will Never be a Bench Manager"" 10. ""We'll Finish in the League Anyway"" 11. ""A Veritable Judas"" 12. ""A Sort of Twilight to His Career"" 13. ""My Name Is Tris Speaker"" Afterword: ""Let Your Voices Soften to a Mere Whisper"" Notes Bibliography Index"

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"Spoke is a first-rate biography of one of the most important and intriguing, but today largely overlooked, figures in baseball history.""—C. Paul Rogers III, co-author of The Whiz Kids and the 1950 Pennant."


Spoke is a first-rate biography of one of the most important and intriguing, but today largely overlooked, figures in baseball history. --C. Paul Rogers III, co-author of The Whiz Kids and the 1950 Pennant.


Author Information

Charles C. Alexander, Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, Ohio University, has written 14 books, the last eight of which have dealt with American baseball history. He lives in Hamilton, Ohio.

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