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Honus Wagner

By: Dennis DeValeria, Jeanne DeValeria
Narrated by: Ian Esmo
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Honus Wagner, whose career in baseball (most of it with the Pittsburgh Pirates) stretched from 1895 to 1917, was the first American sports superstar of the twentieth century. One of the first five players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in its first year (1939), he was probably the best shortstop in baseball's history. His great career and the dawn of baseball as popular entertainment occurred simultaneously, and he has become an icon of the early game; his 1909 baseball card, one of which sold four years ago for $451,000, is a holy grail of American memorabilia. This first major biography shows why Wagner was America's favorite image of sport during baseball's transition to the modern era.©1995 Dennis DeValeria and Jeanne Burke DeValeria; (P)1996 Blackstone Audiobooks Baseball & Softball Sports
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"A superb portrait, painted with thorough research on the canvas of one of baseball's most fascinating eras.' (Gene Carney)
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