Honus Wagner: A Biography
- ISBN-10
- 0805037500
- ISBN-13
- 9780805037500
- Series
- Honus Wagner
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 334
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Authors
- Dennis DeValeria, Jeanne Burke DeValeria
Description
The first full-scale biography of baseball's greatest shortstop, the first American sports superstar of the twentieth century, recounts Wagner's youth in Pittsburgh, his reputation for cool-headed wisdom, and his unparalleled career with the Pirates.
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