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The Soaring Twenties
Babe Ruth and the Home-Run Decade
By Gilbert, Thomas F.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-53111-279-3
- Publisher
- New York : Franklin Watts, c1996.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 1997
Gr 7-Up This book describes an era of spectacular sports stars and business tycoons who "owned" the newly evolving major leagues. Many students will be interested in discovering that baseball also involved graft, game-fixing, prejudice, and "czars." They may be intrigued with some of the issues Gilbert explores; for example, why the Black Sox scandal was exposed when so many other equally serious problems were hidden. Similarly, why were some players allowed to continue...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
