George Mooney Gibson

Author : Richard C. Armstrong
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147667969X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book George "Mooney" Gibson written by Richard C. Armstrong and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadian-born George "Mooney" Gibson (1880-1967) grew up playing baseball on the sandlots around London, Ontario, before going on to star with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. In an era known for tough, defensive catchers, Gibson was an ironman and set records for endurance. He helped the Pirates defeat Ty Cobb and the Detroit Tigers to win their first World Series in 1909. He played with and against some of the biggest names in the game and counted Cobb, Honus Wagner and John McGraw as friends. He then held numerous coaching and managing roles in New York, Toronto, Pittsburgh, Washington and Chicago--the last Canadian to manage full-time in the Major Leagues.

Author : Richard C. Armstrong
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476638586
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book George "Mooney" Gibson written by Richard C. Armstrong and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadian-born George "Mooney" Gibson (1880-1967) grew up playing baseball on the sandlots around London, Ontario, before going on to star with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. In an era known for tough, defensive catchers, Gibson was an ironman and set records for endurance. He helped the Pirates defeat Ty Cobb and the Detroit Tigers to win their first World Series in 1909. He played with and against some of the biggest names in the game and counted Cobb, Honus Wagner and John McGraw as friends. He then held numerous coaching and managing roles in New York, Toronto, Pittsburgh, Washington and Chicago--the last Canadian to manage full-time in the Major Leagues.

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Download or read book George Gibson Letters written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postcards and correspondence from George Gibson.

Author : Larry R. Gerlach
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496239989
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lion of the League written by Larry R. Gerlach and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian Martin
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476644187
Total Pages : 242 pages
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Download or read book Barney Dreyfuss written by Brian Martin and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-08-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young German immigrant, Barney Dreyfuss was an American success story in business and in baseball. He fell in love with the game after settling in Paducah, Kentucky, where he discovered he had a knack for assembling good players on the diamond. Relocating to Louisville, he became involved in the professional game with the Colonels. Faced with ouster from the National League, he took his players to Pittsburgh, where he became owner of the Pirates and forged a winning tradition, leading the club to six pennants and two World Series. This first biography of Dreyfuss chronicles the innovative career of the Hall of Famer executive who built Forbes Field--the National League's first concrete-and-steel ballpark, into which he put $1 million of his own money--pushed for creation of the office of commissioner to govern the game and helped initiate the modern World Series.

Author : James H. Marsh
Publisher : The Canadian Encyclopedia
ISBN 13 : 9780771020995
Total Pages : 2652 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Encyclopedia written by James H. Marsh and published by The Canadian Encyclopedia. This book was released on 1999 with total page 2652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of "The Canadian Encyclopedia is the largest, most comprehensive book ever published in Canada for the general reader. It is COMPLETE: every aspect of Canada, from its rock formations to its rock bands, is represented here. It is UNABRIDGED: all of the information in the four red volumes of the famous 1988 edition is contained here in this single volume. It has been EXPANDED: since 1988 teams of researchers have been diligently fleshing out old entries and recording new ones; as a result, the text from 1988 has grown by 50% to over 4,000,000 words. It has been UPDATED: the researchers and contributors worked hard to make the information as current as possible. Other words apply to this extraordinary work of scholarship: AUTHORITATIVE, RELIABLE and READABLE. Every entry is compiled by an expert. Equally important, every entry is written for a Canadian reader, from the Canadian point of view. The finished work - many years in the making, and the equivalent of forty average-sized books - is an extraordinary storehouse of information about our country. This book deserves pride of place on the bookshelf in every Canadian Home. It is no accident that the cover of this book is based on the Canadian flag. For the proud truth is that this volume represents a great national achievement. From its formal inception in 1979, this encyclopedia has always represented a vote of faith in Canada; in Canada as a separate place whose natural worlds and whose peoples and their achievements deserve to be recorded and celebrated. At the start of a new century and a new millennium, in an increasingly borderless corporate world that seems ever more hostile to nationaldistinctions and aspirations, this "Canadian Encyclopedia is offered in a spirit of defiance and of faith in our future. The statistics behind this volume are staggering. The opening sixty pages list the 250 Consultants, the roughly 4,000 Contributors (all experts in the field they describe) and the scores of researchers, editors, typesetters, proofreaders and others who contributed their skills to this massive project. The 2,640 pages incorporate over 10,000 articles and over 4,000,000 words, making it the largest - some might say the greatest - Canadian book ever published. There are, of course, many special features. These include a map of Canada, a special page comparing the key statistics of the 23 major Canadian cities, maps of our cities, a variety of tables and photographs, and finely detailed illustrations of our wildlife, not to mention the colourful, informative endpapers. But above all the book is "encyclopedic" - which the "Canadian Oxford Dictionary describes as "embracing all branches of learning." This means that (with rare exceptions) there is satisfaction for the reader who seeks information on any Canadian subject. From the first entry "A mari usque ad mare - "from sea to sea" (which is Canada's motto, and a good description of this volume's range) to the "Zouaves (who mustered in Quebec to fight for the beleaguered Papacy) there is the required summary of information, clearly and accurately presented. For the browser the constant variety of entries and the lure of regular cross-references will provide hours of fasination. The word "encyclopedia" derives from Greek expressions alluding to a grand "circle of knowledge." Our knowledge has expandedimmeasurably since the time that one mnd could encompass all that was known.Yet now Canada's finest scientists, academics and specialists have distilled their knowledge of our country between the covers of one volume. The result is a book for every Canadian who values learning, and values Canada.

Author : Michael Baker
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 9781550288827
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Fascinating Londoners written by Michael Baker and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2005-11-07 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These brief biographies reflect a century and a half of London's history and reflect key events and fascinating adventures drawn from the lives of people from all walks of life who made a lasting impression on their hometown.

Author : George Gibson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
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Download or read book Reminiscences written by George Gibson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Gibson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
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Author : Brian Flood
Publisher : [Saint John, N.B.] : Neptune Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9780969221807
Total Pages : 256 pages
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Download or read book Saint John written by Brian Flood and published by [Saint John, N.B.] : Neptune Pub.. This book was released on 1985 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: