Slide, Kelly, Slide: The Wild Life and Times of Mike King Kelly Tapa blanda - 1999

Scarecrow Press, Incorporated, 1999. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Scarecrow Press, 1999-03-18. Paperback. Good.

Lanham, MD, & London: Scarecrow Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1999. Softcover. 1578860032 . American Sports History Series, No. 3 .

The Scarecrow Press, 1999. Paperback. Fine. Glossy illustrated softcovers. Fine. 211 pp. with statistical appendix, bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions. Biography of baseball's first "celebrity superstar", 19th century played Mike "King" Kelly (1857-1894). A native of Troy, New York, Kelly made his major league debut at age 20 with the Cincinnati Reds of the three-season old National League. After the 1879 season, the Chicago White Stockings (ancestors not of today's White Sox but rather of the Cubs), secured him and it was in the Windy City that Kelly's audacious style of play and outsized personality made him a national figure. He won two batting titles with Chicago and, after the 1886 season was sold to Boston for the then-staggering sum of $10,000. While there his popularity grew (he is thought by nany to be the inspiration for The Mighty Casey in "Casey At The Bat"). There were later stops for him in the Players League, American Association, and a final stop with… Leer más

Scarecrow Press, 1999-03-18. Paperback. Like New.

Scarecrow Press, 1999-03-18. Paperback. New.

Paperback / softback. New. Mike "King" Kelly was the hard-living, hard-drinking son of a Civil War veteran whose skills at baseball and charm turned him into the game's first hero, and a symbol of what it meant to be a celebrity in the 1880s and 1890s. This text aims to reaquaint the reader with this pioneer of the game.

Scarecrow Pr, 1999. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 211 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Scarecrow Press, 1999-03-18. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!