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Almost a Dynasty

The Rise and Fall of the 1980 Phillies

By: William C. Kashatus

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Almost a Dynasty

The Rise and Fall of the 1980 Phillies

By: William C. Kashatus

Almost A Dynasty details the rise and fall of the World Champion 1980 Phillies. Based on personal interviews, newspaper accounts, and the keen insight of a veteran baseball writer, the book convincingly explains how a losing team was finally able to win its first world championship.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812240367

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September Swoon

Richie Allen, the ’64 Phillies, and Racial Integration

By: William C. Kashatus

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September Swoon

Richie Allen, the ’64 Phillies, and Racial Integration

By: William C. Kashatus

Everything seemed to be going the Phillies’ way. Up by 6 1/2 games with just 12 left to play in the 1964 season, they appeared to have clinched their first pennant in more than a decade. Outfielder Johnny Callison narrowly missed being the National League MVP. Third baseman Richie Allen was Rookie of the Year. But the "Fightin’ Phils" didn’t make it to the postseason—they lost 10 straight and finished a game behind the St. Louis Cardinals. Besides engineering the greatest collapse of any team in major league baseball history, the ’64 Phillies had another, more important distinction: they were Philadelphia’s first truly integrated baseball team. In September Swoon William Kashatus tells the dramatic story—both on the field and off the field—of the Phillies’ bittersweet season of 1964. More than any other team in Philadelphia’s sports history, the ’64 Phillies saddled the city with a reputation for being a "loser." Even when victory seemed assured, Philadelphia found a way to lose. Unfortunately, the collapse, dubbed the "September swoon," was the beginning of a self-destructive skid in both team play and racial integration, for the very things that made the players unique threatened to tear the team apart. An antagonistic press and contentious fans blamed Richie Allen, the Phillies’ first black superstar, for the team’s losing ways, accusing him of dividing the team along racial lines. Allen manipulated the resulting controversy in the hopes that he would be traded, but in the process he managed to further fray already tenuous race relations. Based on personal interviews, player biographies, and newspaper accounts, September Swoon brings to life a season and a team that got so many Philadelphians, both black and white, to care deeply and passionately about the game at a turbulent period in the city’s—and our nation’s—history. The hometown fans reveled in their triumphs and cried in their defeat, because they saw in them a reflection of themselves. The ’64 Phillies not only won over the loyalties of a racially divided city, but gave Philadelphians a reason to dream—of a pennant, of a contender, and of a City of Brotherly Love.

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Penn State Press

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0271045167

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9780271045160

Dapper Dan Flood

The Controversial Life of a Congressional Power Broker

By: William C. Kashatus

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Dapper Dan Flood

The Controversial Life of a Congressional Power Broker

By: William C. Kashatus

Dapper Dan Flood explodes the myths surrounding Pennsylvania's most controversial-and colorful-congressman.

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Penn State Press

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0271036184

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9780271036182

Harriet Tubman

A Biography

By: James A. McGowan,William C. Kashatus

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Harriet Tubman

A Biography

By: James A. McGowan,William C. Kashatus

This concise biography of Harriet Tubman, the African American abolitionist, explores her various roles as an Underground Railroad conductor, Civil War scout and nurse, and women's rights advocate. The legendary Moses of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman was a fiery and tenacious abolitionist who organized and led African American military operations deep in the Confederacy. Harriet Tubman: A Biography relates the life story of this extraordinary woman, standing as a testament to her tenacity, drive, intelligence, and courage. In telling the remarkable story of Tubman's life, the biography examines her early years as Araminta Ross (her birth name), her escape from slavery, her activities as an Underground Railroad conductor, her involvement in the Civil War, and her role as a champion of women's rights. The book places its heroine in the broad context of her time and the movements in which she was involved, and the narrative shifts between the contextual and the personal to give the reader a strong understanding of Tubman as a woman who was shaped by, and helped to shape, the time in which she lived.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313348820

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9780313348822

Blue-Eyed Soul Brother

The Versatile Football Life of Super Bill Bradley

By: William C Kashatus

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Blue-Eyed Soul Brother

The Versatile Football Life of Super Bill Bradley

By: William C Kashatus

Blue-Eyed Soul Brother is the biography of Bill Bradley, an All-Pro free safety who starred for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles from 1969 to 1976.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496240421

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9781496240422

Historic Philadelphia

The City, Symbols & Patriots, 1681-1800

By: William C. Kashatus

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Historic Philadelphia

The City, Symbols & Patriots, 1681-1800

By: William C. Kashatus

In this book the author captures all the familiar figures and symbols of Philadelphia's rich eighteenth-century past as well as the drama of American history's greatest scenes, from the clandestine meetings of the Second Continental Congress to the drafting of the United States Constitution, to the final days of Philadelphia's prestigious role as the nation's capital. The author's experience as an historical interpreter of Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park, enables him to take the reader into the Congress to hear the stirring debates over American independence, into the spirits of Philadelphia's most unforgettable citizens, and finally into the streets on a delightful walking tour of this historic city. Contents: The City: Philadelphia: The Cradle of American Liberty; The Symbols: The Liberty Bell: Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land; Independence Hall: Birthplace of a Nation; The Patriots: William Penn and the Spirit of Brotherly Love; Benjamin Lay, Quaker Abolitionist; Benjamin Franklin, the Image-maker; Betsy Ross, Seamstress of a Revolution; Samuel Wetherill and the Free Quaker Testimony to the American Revolution; Bishop William White, his Revolutionary Theology and the Founding of the Protestant Episcopal Church and Academy; The Stewards of Philadelphia's History and a Walking Tour of Independence National Historical Park; Endnotes; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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University Press of America

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0819187690

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9780819187697

Abraham Lincoln, the Quakers, and the Civil War

"A Trial of Principle and Faith"

By: William C. Kashatus

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Abraham Lincoln, the Quakers, and the Civil War

"A Trial of Principle and Faith"

By: William C. Kashatus

This unique addition to Civil War literature examines the extensive influence Quaker belief and practice had on Lincoln's decisions relative to slavery, including his choice to emancipate the slaves. An important contribution to Lincoln scholarship, this thought-provoking work argues that Abraham Lincoln and the Religious Society of Friends faced a similar dilemma: how to achieve emancipation without extending the bloodshed and hardship of war. Organized chronologically so readers can see changes in Lincoln's thinking over time, the book explores the congruence of the 16th president's relationship with Quaker belief and his political and religious thought on three specific issues: emancipation, conscientious objection, and the relief and education of freedmen. Distinguishing between the reality of Lincoln's relationship with the Quakers and the mythology that has emerged over time, the book differs significantly from previous works in at least two ways. It shows how Lincoln skillfully navigated a relationship with one of the most vocal and politically active religious groups of the 19th century, and it documents the practical ways in which a shared belief in the "Doctrine of Necessity" affected the president's decisions. In addition to gaining new insights about Lincoln, readers will also come away from this book with a better understanding of Quaker positions on abolition and pacifism and a new appreciation for the Quaker contributions to the Union cause.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440833206

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9781440833205

Conflict of Conviction

A Reappraisal of Quaker Involvement in the American Revolution

By: William C. Kashatus

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Conflict of Conviction

A Reappraisal of Quaker Involvement in the American Revolution

By: William C. Kashatus

Addresses the popular misconception that all Quakers, historically, have been absolutely against war and participation in civil government during a time of war. By examining the personal, theological and moral dilemmas and sacrifices of individual Friends and Quaker groups who, complied with the Revolutionary War effort, this book provides a new understanding of the diversity as well as complexity of the Quaker involvement in the American Revolution. Contents: Thomas Paine & the Ideology of the American Revolution; The Fighting Quaker-Nathanael Greene's Conflict of Conviction; Quakerism, Patriotism & Transformation in the Valley Forge Community, 1684-1778; and The Lamb's War Ethic of the Free Quakers.

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University Press of America

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0819178837

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9780819178831

An Image of Peace

By: Michael S. Showalter,William C. Kashatus, 3rd

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An Image of Peace

By: Michael S. Showalter,William C. Kashatus, 3rd

This is the catalogue for the exhibition, ¿An Image of Peace: The Penn Treaty Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Meyer Potamkin,¿ which exemplifies the significance of Penn¿s beliefs. More importantly, the collection & exhibition celebrate the Potamkin¿s work over 30 years to preserve & share Penn¿s vision of peace with all citizens. Through the generous donation of their collection to The State Museum of PA, their legacy, along with that of William Penn, will be preserved for future generations. Includes: ¿Thoughts on an Image of Peace,¿ by Vivian O. Potamkin; ¿Images of the Lenape Indians in PA¿; ¿Images of William Penn: An Evolving Portrait of Pennsylvania¿s Founding Father¿; ¿An Image of Peace: Penn¿s Treaty with the Indians¿; Collectors of an Image of Peace¿. Illus.

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DIANE Publishing Inc.

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1422315053

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One-Armed Wonder

Pete Gray, Wartime Baseball, and the American Dream

By: William C. Kashatus

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One-Armed Wonder

Pete Gray, Wartime Baseball, and the American Dream

By: William C. Kashatus

In the spring of 1945 Pete Gray, who had lost his right arm in a childhood accident, made his debut with the St. Louis Browns of the American League. Dubbed the "One-Amed Wonder" by sportswriters, Gray was a controversial figure from the moment he stepped on a major league diamond. Club owners saw him as a gate attraction for war-weary baseball fans; some of his teammates openly questioned his ability and felt that he cost them a chance to capture a second consecutive pennant. Gray was left to wonder just how good a ballplayer he really was. Though some may have doubted Gray's ability, no one questioned the cantankerous outfielder's desire to reach the major leagues. From the coalfields of northeastern Pennsylvania, Pete Gray fought his way through the minor leagues with single-minded determination. Despite his missing arm, he was the most valuable player of the minor league's Southern Association in 1944. His on-field exploits and relentless fire became an inspiration to the many servicemen who returned from the battlefields of World War II with missing limbs.

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McFarland

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0786483776

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9780786483778

Diamonds in the Coalfields

21 Remarkable Baseball Players, Managers, and Umpires from Northeast Pennsylvania

By: William C. Kashatus

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Diamonds in the Coalfields

21 Remarkable Baseball Players, Managers, and Umpires from Northeast Pennsylvania

By: William C. Kashatus

Between 1876 and 1960, nearly 100 northeastern Pennsylvanians played, managed, coached or umpired in the major leagues. Many were the sons of immigrant coal miners and living and working conditions in America were quite different from what they had been used to. Baseball became an important part of the assimilation process and it thrived as a church-sponsored form of recreation and entertainment for the coal miners and their families. This work explores the childhood, and minor and major league experiences of Christy Mathewson, Stan Coveleski, Stanley "Bucky" Harris, Hughie Jennings, Ed Walsh, Nestor Chylak, Joe Bolinsky, Jake Daubert, John "Buck" Freeman, Mike Gazella, Pete Wyshner, John Edward Murphy, Steve O'Neill, John Picus, Joe "Lefty" Shaute, Steve Bilko, Harry Dorish, Bob Duliba, Joe "Professor" Ostrowski, and Stan Pawloski--21 players, managers, and umpires who exemplify the great talent, dedication, humility, and hardship that many northeastern Pennsylvanians experienced.

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0786483784

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9780786483785

Lefty and Tim

By: William C. Kashatus

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Lefty and Tim

By: William C. Kashatus

Lefty and Tim is the dual biography of Hall of Fame pitcher Steve "Lefty" Carlton and catcher Tim McCarver, detailing their relationship from 1965, when they played with the St. Louis Cardinals, through 1980, when they played for the Philadelphia Phillies. Along the way McCarver became Carlton's personal catcher, and together they became the best battery in baseball in the mid-to-late 1970s. At first glance Carlton and McCarver appear like an odd couple: McCarver was old school, Carlton new age. At the beginning of his career, McCarver believed that the catcher called the pitches, encouraged the pitcher when necessary, and schooled the pitcher when he deviated from the game plan. But Lefty, who pioneered the use of meditation and martial arts in baseball, was stubborn too. He wanted to control pitch selection. Over time, Carlton and McCarver developed a strong bond off the diamond that allowed them to understand and trust each other. In the process, Steve Carlton became one of the greatest left-handers in the history of Major League Baseball, an achievement that would not have been possible without Tim McCarver as his catcher. Not only did McCarver mentor Carlton as a young hurler with the Cardinals, but he helped resurrect Carlton's career when they were reunited in Philadelphia midseason in 1975. Carlton won his second Cy Young Award with McCarver behind the plate in 1977. Told in the historical context of the time they played the game, Lefty and Tim recounts the pair's time in the tumultuous sixties, with the racial integration of the St. Louis Cardinals and the dominance of pitching, and in the turbulent seventies, characterized by MLB's labor tensions, the arrival of free agency, and the return of the lively ball that followed the lowering of the pitcher's mound in 1969.

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U of Nebraska Press

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149623216X

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Connie Mack's '29 Triumph

The Rise and Fall of the Philadelphia Athletics Dynasty

By: William C. Kashatus

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Connie Mack's '29 Triumph

The Rise and Fall of the Philadelphia Athletics Dynasty

By: William C. Kashatus

It has been said that Connie Mack managed only two kinds of teams during his half-century in the City of Brother Love--unbeatable and lousy. His teams collected nine pennants and five World Series titles, balanced by 17 last place finishes. While Mack, an enterprising businessman, had a gift for discovering talented players and molding them into a team, by the time he was well into his sixties, Philadelphians suspected that the A's skipper had lost his ability. Mack went on to disprove all doubts, however, with a second championship dynasty in 1929 that vindicated the "Tall Tactician." This work chronicles the rise and fall of the 1929 Philadelphia Athletics and their six-year rivalry with the New York Yankees, 1927 to 1932. Based primarily on newspaper accounts, the book tells the story of the "Grand Old Man of Baseball"--and the 1929 A's team that is unfairly overlooked in favor of the 1927 Yankees as baseball's greatest all-around team. This history is packed with photographs, notes and statistical appendices, and includes a foreword by The Sporting News writer Dave Kindred.

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McFarland

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0786421657

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9780786421657

William Still

The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia

By: William C. Kashatus

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William Still

The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia

By: William C. Kashatus

The first full-length biography of William Still, one of the most important leaders of the Underground Railroad. William Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia is the first major biography of the free Black abolitionist William Still, who coordinated the Eastern Line of the Underground Railroad and was a pillar of the Railroad as a whole. Based in Philadelphia, Still built a reputation as a courageous leader, writer, philanthropist, and guide for fugitive enslaved people. This monumental work details Still’s life story beginning with his parents’ escape from bondage in the early nineteenth century and continuing through his youth and adulthood as one of the nation’s most important Underground Railroad agents and, later, as an early civil rights pioneer. Still worked personally with Harriet Tubman, assisted the family of John Brown, helped Brown’s associates escape from Harper’s Ferry after their famous raid, and was a rival to Frederick Douglass among nationally prominent African American abolitionists. Still’s life story is told in the broader context of the anti-slavery movement, Philadelphia Quaker and free black history, and the generational conflict that occurred between Still and a younger group of free black activists led by Octavius Catto. Unique to this book is an accessible and detailed database of the 995 fugitives Still helped escape from the South to the North and Canada between 1853 and 1861. The database contains twenty different fields—including name, age, gender, skin color, date of escape, place of origin, mode of transportation, and literacy—and serves as a valuable aid for scholars by offering the opportunity to find new information, and therefore a new perspective, on runaway enslaved people who escaped on the Eastern Line of the Underground Railroad. Based on Still’s own writings and a multivariate statistical analysis of the database of the runaways he assisted on their escape to freedom, the book challenges previously accepted interpretations of the Underground Railroad. The audience for William Still is a diverse one, including scholars and general readers interested in the history of the anti-slavery movement and the operation of the Underground Railroad, as well as genealogists tracing African American ancestors.

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University of Notre Dame Pess

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0268200386

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9780268200381

Money Pitcher

Chief Bender and the Tragedy of Indian Assimilation

By: William C. Kashatus

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Money Pitcher

Chief Bender and the Tragedy of Indian Assimilation

By: William C. Kashatus

Charles Albert Bender was one of baseball&’s most talented pitchers. By the end of his major league career in 1925, he had accrued 212 wins and more than 1,700 strikeouts, and in 1953, he became the first American Indian elected to baseball&’s Hall of Fame. But as a high-profile Chippewa Indian in a bigoted society, Bender knew firsthand the trauma of racism. In Money Pitcher: Chief Bender and the Tragedy of Indian Assimilation, William C. Kashatus offers the first biography of this compelling and complex figure. Bender&’s career in baseball began on the sandlots of Pennsylvania&’s Carlisle Indian Industrial School, where he distinguished himself as a hard-throwing pitcher. Soon, in 1903, Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack signed Bender to his pitching staff, where he was a mainstay for more than a decade. Mack regarded Bender as his &“money pitcher&”&—the hurler he relied on whenever he needed a critical victory. But with success came suffering. Spectators jeered Bender on the field and taunted him with war whoops. Newspapers ridiculed him in their sports pages. His own teammates derisively referred to him as &“Chief,&” and Mack paid him less than half the salary of other star pitchers. This constant disrespect became a major factor in one of the most controversial episodes in the history of baseball: the alleged corruption of the 1914 World Series. Despite being heavily favored going into the Series against the Boston Braves, the A&’s lost four straight games. Kashatus offers compelling evidence that Bender intentionally compromised his performance in the Series as retribution for the poor treatment he suffered. Money Pitcher is not just another baseball book. It is a book about social justice and Native Americans&’ tragic pursuit of the white American Dream at the expense of their own identity. Having arrived in the major leagues only thirteen years after the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, Bender experienced the disastrous effects of governmental assimilation policies designed to quash indigenous Indian culture. Yet his remarkable athleticism and dignified behavior disproved popular notions of Native American inferiority and opened the door to the majors for more than 120 Indians who played baseball during the first half of the twentieth century.

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Penn State Press

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0271028629

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9780271028620

The Philadelphia Athletics

By: William C. Kashatus

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The Philadelphia Athletics

By: William C. Kashatus

In October 1954, the Philadelphia Athletics relocated to Kansas City, putting an end to more than a half-century of American League baseball in the City of Brotherly Love. However, of all the professional sports teams ever to play in the city, Connie Mack's Athletics remain the most successful-and frustrating. Their five World Series titles and nine pennants were balanced with seventeen last-place finishes. Mack's 3,776 victories as a manager were only exceeded by the 4,025 defeats he suffered-still a record for most losses by a single manager. In The Philadelphia Athletics, author William C. Kashatus tells the story of Connie Mack's talented and comedic team. Eighteen Philadelphia Athletics are enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, including players as famous as Ty Cobb, Mickey Cochrane, Eddie Collins, Jimmie Foxx, and Lefty Grove and as colorful as Rube Waddell, Chief Bender, and Al Simmons. From the early days of the American League, when the Athletics were ridiculed as the "White Elephants," through the glory years and their final decade in Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Athletics tells the poignant story of a manager and team who were among the greatest of all time.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738511331

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9780738511337

Mike Schmidt

Philadelphia's Hall of Fame Third Baseman

By: William C. Kashatus

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Mike Schmidt

Philadelphia's Hall of Fame Third Baseman

By: William C. Kashatus

Michael Jack Schmidt, in the minds of many the greatest third baseman of all time, was a Philadelphia institution. From 1973 to 1989 he led the Phillies to five National League championship series and two World Series. Twelve times an All-Star, Schmidt was perhaps baseball's premier power hitter during the 1970s and 1980s. His 548 home runs are seventh best all-time. In the field he was just as exceptional, winning ten Gold Gloves, more than any other third baseman besides Brooks Robinson. A three-time N.L. Most Valuable Player (1980, 1981 and 1986), Schmidt was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995, his first year of eligibility. This book is the first serious account of Schmidt's celebrated career with the Philadelphia Phillies. Concentrating on contemporary newspaper accounts, periodicals, baseball histories and biographies by Schmidt's teammates, this long-overdue work is the full story of one of the game's greatest sluggers, and one of its true heroes and role models.

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McFarland

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0786407131

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9780786407132

Macho Row

The 1993 Phillies and Baseball's Unwritten Code

By: William C. Kashatus

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Macho Row

The 1993 Phillies and Baseball's Unwritten Code

By: William C. Kashatus

Colorful, shaggy, and unkempt, misfits and outlaws, the 1993 Phillies played hard and partied hard. Led by Darren Daulton, John Kruk, Lenny Dykstra, and Mitch Williams, it was a team the fans loved and continue to love today. Focusing on six key members of the team, Macho Row follows the remarkable season with an up-close look at the players’ lives, the team’s triumphs and failures, and what made this group so unique and so successful. With a throwback mentality, the team adhered to baseball’s Code. Designed to preserve the moral fabric of the game, the Code’s unwritten rules formed the bedrock of this diehard team whose players paid homage and respect to the game at all times. Trusting one another and avoiding any notions of superstardom, they consistently rubbed the opposition the wrong way and didn’t care. William C. Kashatus pulls back the covers on this old-school band of brothers, depicting the highs and lows and their brash style while also digging into the suspected steroid use of players on the team. Macho Row is a story of winning and losing, success and failure, and the emotional highs and lows that accompany them.

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University of Nebraska Press

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1496214080

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9781496214089

Before Chappaquiddick

The Untold Story of Mary Jo Kopechne and the Kennedy Brothers

By: William C. Kashatus

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Before Chappaquiddick

The Untold Story of Mary Jo Kopechne and the Kennedy Brothers

By: William C. Kashatus

On July 18, 1969, a car driven by Senator Edward M. Kennedy plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, off the coast of Cape Cod. Mary Jo Kopechne, a twenty-eight-year-old former staffer for Kennedy’s brother Robert, died in the crash. The scandal that followed demeaned Kopechne’s reputation and scapegoated her for Ted Kennedy’s inability to run for the presidency instead of acknowledging her as an innocent victim in a tragedy that took her life. William C. Kashatus’s biography of Mary Jo Kopechne illuminates the life of a politically committed young woman who embodied the best ideals of the sixties. Arriving in Washington in 1963, Kopechne soon joined the staff of Robert F. Kennedy and committed herself to his vision of compassion for the underprivileged, social idealism tempered by political realism, and a more humane nation. Kashatus details her work as an energetic and trusted staffer who became one of the famed Boiler Room Girls at the heart of RFK’s presidential campaign. Shattered by his assassination, Kopechne took a break from politics before returning as a consultant. It was at a reunion of the Boiler Room Girls that she accepted a ride from Edward Kennedy—a decision she would pay for with her life. The untold—and long overdue—story of a promising life cut short, Before Chappaquiddick tells the human side of one of the most memorable scandals of the 1960s. Purchase the audio edition.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1640123482

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9781640123489

Past, Present & Personal

Teaching Writing in U.S. History

By: William C. Kashatus

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Past, Present & Personal

Teaching Writing in U.S. History

By: William C. Kashatus

In this book, the author offers methods to move students from basic descriptive writing to more complex expository essays and term papers on history.

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Heinemann Educational Books

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0325004498

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9780325004495

Jackie and Campy

The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball's Color Line

By: William C. Kashatus

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Jackie and Campy

The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball's Color Line

By: William C. Kashatus

As star players for the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, and prior to that as the first black players to be candidates to break professional baseball’s color barrier, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella would seem to be natural allies. But the two men were divided by a rivalry going far beyond the personality differences and petty jealousies of competitive teammates. Behind the bitterness were deep and differing beliefs about the fight for civil rights. Robinson, the more aggressive and intense of the two, thought Jim Crow should be attacked head-on; Campanella, more passive and easygoing, believed that ability, not militancy, was the key to racial equality. Drawing on interviews with former players such as Monte Irvin, Hank Aaron, Carl Erskine, and Don Zimmer, Jackie and Campy offers a closer look at these two players and their place in a historical movement torn between active defiance and passive resistance. William C. Kashatus deepens our understanding of these two baseball icons and civil rights pioneers and provides a clearer picture of their time and our own.

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0803254474

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William Still

The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia

By: William C. Kashatus

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The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia

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Harriet Tubman

A Biography

By: James A. McGowan,William C. Kashatus

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Harriet Tubman

A Biography

By: James A. McGowan,William C. Kashatus

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313348820

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9780313348822

Money Pitcher

Chief Bender and the Tragedy of Indian Assimilation

By: William C. Kashatus

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Chief Bender and the Tragedy of Indian Assimilation

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234

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Penn State Press

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0271028629

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9780271028620

September Swoon

Richie Allen, the ’64 Phillies, and Racial Integration

By: William C. Kashatus

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Richie Allen, the ’64 Phillies, and Racial Integration

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276

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Penn State Press

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0271045167

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9780271045160

Abraham Lincoln, the Quakers, and the Civil War

"A Trial of Principle and Faith"

By: William C. Kashatus

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"A Trial of Principle and Faith"

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209

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440833206

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9781440833205

Before Chappaquiddick

The Untold Story of Mary Jo Kopechne and the Kennedy Brothers

By: William C. Kashatus

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The Untold Story of Mary Jo Kopechne and the Kennedy Brothers

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245

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U of Nebraska Press

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1640123482

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9781640123489

Mike Schmidt

Philadelphia's Hall of Fame Third Baseman

By: William C. Kashatus

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Philadelphia's Hall of Fame Third Baseman

By: William C. Kashatus

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172

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McFarland

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0786407131

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9780786407132

Jackie and Campy

The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball's Color Line

By: William C. Kashatus

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The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball's Color Line

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273

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803254474

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One-armed Wonder

Pete Gray, Wartime Baseball, and the American Dream

By: William C. Kashatus

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Pete Gray, Wartime Baseball, and the American Dream

By: William C. Kashatus

A biography of the baseball player who had only one arm, from his childhood in the coal district of northeastern Pennsylvania to his one year with the American League's St. Louis Browns

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McFarland

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0786400943

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9780786400942

Lefty and Tim

How Steve Carlton and Tim McCarver Became Baseball’s Best Battery

By: William C. Kashatus

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How Steve Carlton and Tim McCarver Became Baseball’s Best Battery

By: William C. Kashatus

Lefty and Tim explores the close-knit relationship between pitcher Steve Carlton and catcher Tim McCarver, forged in 1965, when they were batterymates with the St. Louis Cardinals, and culminating in 1980, when the Phillies won their first World Series title.

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