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Baseball's Radical for All Seasons
David Stevens
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Description for Baseball's Radical for All Seasons
Hardback. The first biography of one of the most adventurous and influential figures in baseball history. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
This is the first biography of one of the most adventurous and influential figures in baseball history. John Montgomery Ward, an orphan, began his adult life with the inauspicious distinction of being expelled from Penn State University. However, he went on to refashion himself into a wealthy sports idol, feared radical, and businessman. Born in 1860, Ward pushed himself and the cutting edge of sports as hard as he could until his death in 1925. Despite his experience at Penn State, he earned two degrees from Columbia University. As a baseball player, Ward starred on four world champion teams. As a pitcher, Sandy Koufax is the closest match-up to his career statistics; as a shortstop, the nearest counterpart is Ozzie Smith. However, he was as famous for his stormy affairs with Broadway actresses as he was for his statistics. Outside of the stadium, Ward was an early players' rights attorney who, by age 25, founded the first union for athletes, and in 1886 attempted to bring black players into the major leagues Ward led a rebellion of players against the National League in 1890, only to see his union and the Players' League snuffed out. Ward finished his life as an early American golfing star and the happy husband of a women's suffragist. This important biography traces early American baseball and sports labor history, and includes photographs of Ward, his family, and his friends, including early baseball compatriots.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
American Sports History Series
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810834545
SKU
V9780810834545
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Ref
99-15
About David Stevens
David Stevens first became interested in John Montgomery Ward at age 13. He has degrees from the University of Maryland and DePaul University, and has worked as a college history instructor.
Reviews for Baseball's Radical for All Seasons
In a year when all bios seem to feature McGwire or Sosa...Baseball's Radical for All Seasons fills a real void...well-researched profile of Ward.
Baseball Illustrated
Ward was among the most fascinating figures of the 19th century.
Jerome Holtzman, official historian for Major League Baseball
Chicago Tribune
Ward made much more than baseball history. He made American history. Every baseball fan and historian should read this remarkable book.
Bill Gleason
The Sports Writers
...brings Ward to life in all his fiery glory. David Stevens follows his early travels thoroughly and in a chronological order that is easily traced...a fascinating glimpse into the life of an early baseball pioneer...excellent research and many stories of his exploits.
Journal of Sport History
Player, manager, labour leader, [Ward's] life offers a window on many of the conflicts of professional baseball in the late nineteenth century...Readers learn much concerning the game on the field at the end of the nineteenth century, how major leaguers understood themselves then, a considerable history of baseball in New York and its relation to New York fashion at the turn of the twentieth century and the history of the reserve clause and baseball's relation to the struggles of capital and labour.
International Journal of the History of Sport
If you are a baseball fan you will enjoy this book. If you like to read biographies of fascinating individuals from a much younger America, this book will most certainly hold your attention. You will find this book a most valuable read...Stevens has hit a home run with his first book.
James Dworkin, Associate Dean, Purdue University
Baseball Illustrated
Ward was among the most fascinating figures of the 19th century.
Jerome Holtzman, official historian for Major League Baseball
Chicago Tribune
Ward made much more than baseball history. He made American history. Every baseball fan and historian should read this remarkable book.
Bill Gleason
The Sports Writers
...brings Ward to life in all his fiery glory. David Stevens follows his early travels thoroughly and in a chronological order that is easily traced...a fascinating glimpse into the life of an early baseball pioneer...excellent research and many stories of his exploits.
Journal of Sport History
Player, manager, labour leader, [Ward's] life offers a window on many of the conflicts of professional baseball in the late nineteenth century...Readers learn much concerning the game on the field at the end of the nineteenth century, how major leaguers understood themselves then, a considerable history of baseball in New York and its relation to New York fashion at the turn of the twentieth century and the history of the reserve clause and baseball's relation to the struggles of capital and labour.
International Journal of the History of Sport
If you are a baseball fan you will enjoy this book. If you like to read biographies of fascinating individuals from a much younger America, this book will most certainly hold your attention. You will find this book a most valuable read...Stevens has hit a home run with his first book.
James Dworkin, Associate Dean, Purdue University