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Forty years a giant : the life of Horace Stoneham / Steve Treder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Treder, Steve, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball--California--San Francisco--History.
- Baseball.
- New York Giants (Baseball team)--History.
- New York Giants (Baseball team).
- San Francisco Giants (Baseball team)--History.
- San Francisco Giants (Baseball team).
- National League of Professional Baseball Clubs--History.
- National League of Professional Baseball Clubs.
- Major League Baseball (Organization)--History.
- Major League Baseball (Organization).
- Stoneham, Horace, 1903-1990.
- Stoneham, Horace.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (518 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- Here is the life story of Horace Stoneham, who inherited the New York Giants Major League Baseball franchise in 1936 and owned and operated the organization until 1976..
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Prologue
- 1. Horrie, I Bought You a Ball Club
- 2. Roaring into the Twenties
- 3. Hard Truths
- 4. Brooklyn Is Still in the League
- 5. War, Peace, and Nice Guys
- 6. We Knew Segregation Was Wrong
- 7. Horace Stoneham Has Finally Got a Winner
- 8. We Have No Chance to Survive Here
- 9. Open Your Golden Gate
- 10. It's Bye-Bye Baby
- 11. No Cigar
- 12. Certainly the Move Will Hurt Us
- 13. Resilience
- 14. I Never Thought I Would Trade Willie
- 15. You Can't Get Discouraged
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4962-2723-9
- 1-4962-2725-5
- OCLC:
- 1245472968
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