LIBROS DEL AUTOR: william c kashatus

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  • William Still
    William C. Kashatus
    The first full-length biography of William Still, one of the most important leaders of the Underground Railroad.William Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia is the first major biography of the free Black abolitionist William Still, who coordinated the Eastern Line of the Underground Railroad and was a pillar of the Railroad as a whole. Based in Philadel...
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    32,68 €

  • Connie Mack’s ’29 Triumph
    William C. Kashatus
    It has been said that Connie Mack managed only two kinds of teams during his half-century in the City of Brother Love--unbeatable and lousy. His teams collected nine pennants and five World Series titles, balanced by 17 last place finishes. While Mack, an enterprising businessman, had a gift for discovering talented players and molding them into a team, by the time he was we...
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    42,86 €

  • Diamonds in the Coalfields
    William C. Kashatus
    Between 1876 and 1960, nearly 100 northeastern Pennsylvanians played, managed, coached or umpired in the major leagues. Many were the sons of immigrant coal miners and living and working conditions in America were quite different from what they had been used to. Baseball became an important part of the assimilation process and it thrived as a church-sponsored form of recreat...
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    43,04 €

  • Mike Schmidt
    William C. Kashatus
    Michael Jack Schmidt, in the minds of many the greatest third baseman of all time, was a Philadelphia institution. From 1973 to 1989 he led the Phillies to five National League championship series and two World Series. Twelve times an All-Star, Schmidt was perhaps baseball’s premier power hitter during the 1970s and 1980s. His 548 home runs are seventh best all-time. In the ...
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    35,88 €

  • One-Armed Wonder
    William C. Kashatus
    In the spring of 1945 Pete Gray, who had lost his right arm in a childhood accident, made his debut with the St. Louis Browns of the American League. Dubbed the 'One-Amed Wonder' by sportswriters, Gray was a controversial figure from the moment he stepped on a major league diamond. Club owners saw him as a gate attraction for war-weary baseball fans; some of his teammates op...
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    43,07 €

  • Historic Philadelphia
    William C Kashatus / William C. Kashatus / William CKashatus
    In this book the author captures all the familiar figures and symbols of Philadelphia’s rich eighteenth-century past as well as the drama of American history’s greatest scenes, from the clandestine meetings of the Second Continental Congress to the drafting of the United States Constitution, to the final days of Philadelphia’s prestigious role as the nation’s capital. ...
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    86,31 €