Chris Von Der Ahe and the St. Louis Browns
- ISBN-10
- 0810834731
- ISBN-13
- 9780810834736
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 285
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Author
- J. Thomas Hetrick
Description
'Fans who think the game is wild now will appreciate Hetrick's account of Von der Ahe...who throughout the 1880s was embroiled in legal battles and baseball disputes that culminated in his own kidnapping and his stadium being burned to the ground. Direct ancestor to today's Cardinals, the Browns won the pennant four years in a row under his wild leadership.'—REFERENCE AND RESEARCH BOOK NEWS
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