The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America S...
- ISBN-10
- 1610392604
- ISBN-13
- 9781610392600
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 318
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-04-30
- Publisher
- Public Affairs
- Author
- Edward Achorn
Description
A journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist describes how a German-born biergarten owner who knew nothing about baseball bought the St. Louis Browns baseball team in an effort to sell more beer and unwittingly formed the American League and revitalized the sport.
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