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  • Miracle on the Eastern Shore

    The 1937 Salisbury Indians and Baseball's Greatest Comeback

    by David A. Ranzan ...
    In the summer of 1937 the Salisbury Indians, a Class D minor league team in rural Maryland, achieved national celebrity playing one of the most amazing comeback seasons in baseball history. Starting with 21-5, the club allegedly violated the Eastern Shore League's rules by fielding more than four players with professional experience. Forfeiting their 21 wins and plummeting to the bottom of the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • To My Dearest Wife, Lide

    Letters from George B. Gideon Jr. during Commodore Perry’s Expedition to Japan, 1853–1855

    by M. Patrick Sauer, David A. Ranzan ...
    Series series Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology
    A personal account of Commodore Perry’s landmark expedition to Japan and life in the antebellum navyGeorge B. Gideon Jr. served as second assistant engineer aboard the USS Powhatan from 1852 to 1856. From his position on the steam frigate, Gideon traveled to Singapore, Labuan, Borneo, Hong Kong, and many other Asian lands. During his time at sea, Gideon penned dozens of letters to his wife, Lide, ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • With Commodore Perry to Japan

    The Journal of William Speiden, Jr., 1852-1855

    Edited by David A Ranzan, John A Wolter, John J. McDonough USNR ...
    With Commodore Perry to Japan offers a personal account of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry’s expedition to Japan through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old purser’s clerk of the USS Mississippi. The documentary edition, endorsed by the National Historic Publications & Records Commission, provides excellent coverage of both the political mission of the Perry expedition, the opening of relations with ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Hero of Fort Schuyler

    Selected Revolutionary War Correspondence of Brigadier General Peter Gansevoort, Jr.

    by Peter Gansevoort, , Jr. ...
    In August 1777, Peter Gansevoort, Jr., defended Fort Schuyler (also known as Fort Stanwix) during a three-week siege by 1,700 British soldiers, Tories and Indians commanded by Colonel Barry St. Leger. Gansevoort won the distinction of successfully resisting a British siege in a period when every other continental post in New York was either evacuated or surrendered. His valiant effort led to the ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    This Is Our Game

    by Stephen Brunt ...
    This country and its people are made of the same hardy stuff that makes our game and our league. The Grey Cup has helped unite our country for 100 years now. And it has revealed us, built our pride and our sense of Canadianness in annual tributes to effort, sweat and toil. But what does 100 years of history and cultural relevance add up to? When we Canadians look at the Grey Cup, we see far more ... Read more

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  • The Toronto Maple Leafs Ultimate Book of Facts, Stats, and Stories

    by Andrew Podnieks, NHL ...
    The perfect gift for the diehard Leafs fan (is there any other?), this big and beautiful -- and official -- publication is bursting with fascinating Maple Leafs trivia and photos.The Toronto Maple Leafs Ultimate Book of Facts, Stats, and Stories is the definitive guide to everything you want to know about the Toronto Maple Leafs as they approach their centennial season. From the first puck drop in ... Read more

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  • Scandal on the South Side: The 1919 Chicago White Sox

    SABR Digital Library, #28

    by Society for American Baseball Research ...
    Series Book 28 - SABR Digital Library
    The Black Sox Scandal is a cold case, not a closed case.When Eliot Asinof wrote his classic history about the fixing of the 1919 World Series, Eight Men Out, he told a dramatic story of undereducated and underpaid Chicago White Sox ballplayers, disgruntled by their low pay and poor treatment by team management, who fell prey to the wiles of double-crossing big-city gamblers offering them bribes to ... Read more

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  • The First Season

    1917-18 and the Birth of the NHL

    by Bob Duff ...
    The National Hockey League is celebrating its hundredth anniversary in 2017–2018—but Bob Duff’s The First Season reveals how close the league came to folding in its very first year. Set against the turmoil of the Great War and born out of a ruse to rid the league of reviled Toronto owner Eddie Livingstone, the new league suffered from a series of crises: from a shortfall of quality players due to ... Read more

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  • Before the Blue Jays

    Professional Baseball in Toronto Prior to 1977

    by Harvey Sahker ...
    Step up to the plate and discover the fascinating history of professional baseball in Toronto.Did you know that Babe Ruth, who hit his only minor league home run at Hanlan’s Point in 1914, homered several times in Toronto as a member of the New York Yankees? Or that in the same year, the city was home to not one but two professional baseball teams — the Maple Leafs and the Beavers? How about that ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Go Kings Go!

    A Century of Pembroke Lumber Kings Hockey

    by Jamie Bramburger ...
    The roots of Canada's hockey passion are deep, rich and surprisingly complex in countless places across the country.Places like Pembroke, Ontario.The long, storied history of Pembroke's beloved Lumber Kings is a stirring examples of how the drama, the struggles, the triumphs and disappointments of one town's team can, over decades, lift hearts, build bridges and sustain the bonds of community ... Read more

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  • Reach for the Stars

    The Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament

    by Dan McCool ...
    Wrestling is as much a part of winter in Iowa as is snow and cold. Dreams of state championships begin in elementary school and, since 1972, come to fruition - or heart-breakingly fall short - at an arena in Des Moines in February or March. In 2011, the tournament finals sold out for the 24th consecutive year. Individuals and teams carve their names on the sports history tree each year. Some ... Read more

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  • Death in the Strike Zone

    The Mystery of America’s First Baseball Hero

    by Thomas W. Gilbert ...
    “A fascinating must-read for baseball history buffs.”—Publishers WeeklyHe threw the first fastball. The first curveball. He was baseball’s first star—and its first tragedy.In Death in the Strike Zone, acclaimed historian Thomas W. Gilbert uncovers the forgotten life of James Creighton, the first American ballplayer to become a national sensation. On the eve of the Civil War, Creighton invented ... Read more

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