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Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
Eight Men Out The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
Author: Eliot Asinof
The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as "the most gigantic sporting swindle in the history of America!" First published in 1963, Eight Men Out has become a timeless classic. Eliot Asinof has reconstructed the entire scene-by-scene story of the fantastic scandal in which eight Chicago White Sox players ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780030206412
ISBN-10: 0030206413
Publication Date: 8/1977
Pages: 302
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Publisher: Henry Holt Co
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Asinof uses all of his research into the 1919 World Series and the Black Sox scandal to paint a revealing picture of how gambling forever changed professional baseball. It is a story of conspiracies, lies, double-crosses, and the American pastime.
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A good slice of sports and American history. WEll written and not boring