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Dick Allen, The Life and Times of a Baseball Immortal: An Illustrated Biography
William C. Kashatus
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Description for Dick Allen, The Life and Times of a Baseball Immortal: An Illustrated Biography
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Baseball star Richie Dick Allen forced Philadelphians to address the racism that existed in their city during the 1960s. While his candid opinions challenged the white baseball establishment, Allen's tape-measure home runs earned the admiration of younger fans and fellow players, both black and white. The admiration, as well as Allen's reputation as Baseball's Bad Boy, continued after he left Philadelphia to play for the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago White Sox. Named the American League's Most Valuable player in 1972, Allen was one of the game's most misunderstood players. Based on interviews ... Read more
Baseball star Richie Dick Allen forced Philadelphians to address the racism that existed in their city during the 1960s. While his candid opinions challenged the white baseball establishment, Allen's tape-measure home runs earned the admiration of younger fans and fellow players, both black and white. The admiration, as well as Allen's reputation as Baseball's Bad Boy, continued after he left Philadelphia to play for the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago White Sox. Named the American League's Most Valuable player in 1972, Allen was one of the game's most misunderstood players. Based on interviews ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764352843
SKU
V9780764352843
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About William C. Kashatus
William C. Kashatus is author of more than a dozen baseball books, including September Swoon: Richie Allen, the 1964 Phillies and Racial Integration, which won Elysian Fields Quarterly Review's award for the Most Important Baseball Book of 2004.
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