{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAchorn, Edward:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eEdward Achorn, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for distinguished commentary, is the deputy editorial pages editor of the \u003cem\u003eProvidence Journal\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644436418834,"sku":"9780061825873","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_872b1ef9-1281-4dd0-906d-a4be4933ca84.jpg?v=1733110128","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fifty-nine-in-84-9780061825873","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}