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Charlie Murphy : the iconoclastic showman behind the Chicago Cubs / Jason Cannon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cannon, Jason, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murphy, Charles Webb.
- Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)--History.
- Chicago Cubs (Baseball team).
- World Series (Baseball) (1918).
- World Series (Baseball).
- Baseball team owners--United States--Biography.
- Baseball team owners.
- Baseball--Illinois--Chicago--History.
- Baseball.
- Baseball--Corrupt practices--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (376 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Contents
- Introduction: "He Was a Showman"
- 1. Wilmington
- 2. On to Cincinnati
- 3. "A Real Wonder-Story"
- 4. "He Is One of Us"
- 5. Champions
- 6. Supremacy Again
- 7. "The War of 1908-1909"
- 8. A Pair of Presidents
- 9. The Final Pennant
- 10. "Murphy Alone is My Enemy"
- 11. "All Is Fair in Love and War"
- 12. "The Malicious Mistake of Mr. Murphy"
- 13. Show Business
- 14. Narratives
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781496232212 (electronic bk.)
- 1496232216 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40031063037
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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