{"product_id":"fifty-nine-in-84-9780061825873","title":"Fifty-nine in '84","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"First-class narrative history that can stand with everything Steven Ambrose wrote. . . . Achorn's description of the utter insanity that was barehanded baseball is vivid and alive.\" --\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFifty-nine in '84\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWonderfully entertaining, \u003cem\u003eFifty-nine in '84\u003c\/em\u003e is an indelible portrait of a legendary player and a fascinating, little-known era of the national pastime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061825873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.41w x 1.08d","brand":"Edward Achorn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44241299669173,"sku":"9780061825873","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b815a83d-27a0-4599-92e9-dc03d9558916.jpg?v=1717472578","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fifty-nine-in-84-9780061825873","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}