Fifty-Nine in '84 - by Edward Achorn (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><P>"All fans of baseball, all fans of a good story, will love this book." -- Professor Gordon Wood, Pulitzer and Bancroft Prize winner <P>"This is a beautifully written, meticulously researched story about a bygone baseball era that even die-hard fans will find foreign, and about a pitcher who might have been the greatest of all time." -- Joseph J. Ellis, Pulitzer prize-winning historian <P>Following in the tradition of the sleeper bestseller Crazy '08, Fifty-Nine in '84 is the story of Charles Radbourn, a brilliant major league baseball pitcher who, in the 1884 season, won an astonishing 59 games, a record that has never been broken. Set against the backdrop of 19th century baseball, Fifty-Nine in '84 gives readers a glimpse of the dangerous and violent game that preceded the sport we enjoy today.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>"All fans of baseball, all fans of a good story, will love this book. <br />-- Professor Gordon Wood, Pulitzer and Bancroft Prize winner </p><p>"This is a beautifully written, meticulously researched story about a bygone baseball era that even die-hard fans will find foreign, and about a pitcher who might have been the greatest of all time." -- Joseph J. Ellis, Pulitzer prize-winning historian </p><p>Following in the tradition of the sleeper bestseller <em>Crazy '08, Fifty-Nine in '84</em> is the story of Charles Radbourn, a brilliant major league baseball pitcher who, in the 1884 season, won an astonishing 59 games, a record that has never been broken. Set against the backdrop of 19th century baseball, <em>Fifty-Nine in '84</em> gives readers a glimpse of the dangerous and violent game that preceded the sport we enjoy today. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>In 1884, Providence Grays pitcher Charles Old Hoss Radbourn won an astounding fifty-nine games--more than anyone in major-league history ever had before, or has since. He then went on to win all three games of baseball's first World Series.</p><p><em>Fifty-nine in '84</em> tells the dramatic story not only of that amazing feat of grit but also of big-league baseball two decades after the Civil War--a brutal, bloody sport played barehanded, the profession of uneducated, hard-drinking men who thought little of cheating outrageously or maiming an opponent to win. Wonderfully entertaining, <em>Fifty-nine in '84</em> is an indelible portrait of a legendary player and a fascinating, little-known era of the national pastime.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Beautifully written and impeccably researched, Pure Grit is the best book out there on 19th-century baseball. Old Hoss Radbourn would be pleased that he is finally getting his due--and angry that it took so long.--Cait Murphy, author of CRAZY '08<br><br>"This is a beautifully written, meticulously researched story about a bygone baseball era that even die-hard fans will find foreign, and about a pitcher who might have been the greatest of all time."--Joseph J. Ellis, Pulitzer prize-winning historian and devoted Red Sox fan<br>
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