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Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game
Summer of Beer and Whiskey How Brewers Barkeeps Rowdies Immigrants and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game
Author: Edward Achorn
Chris Von der Ahe knew next to nothing about baseball when he risked his life?s savings to found the St. Louis Browns, the franchise that would become the St. Louis Cardinals. Yet the German-born beer garden proprietor would become one of the most important—and funniest—figures in the game?s history. — Von der Ahe picked up the team for one reaso...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781610392600
ISBN-10: 1610392604
Publication Date: 5/14/2013
Pages: 288
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Publisher: PublicAffairs
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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