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Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick

William Louis "Bill" Veeck, Jr. (1914-1986) is legendary in many ways-baseball impresario and innovator, independent spirit, champion of civil rights in a time of great change. Paul Dickson has written the first full biography of this towering figure, in the process rewriting many aspects of his life and bringing alive the history of America's pastime. In his late 20s, Veeck bought into his first team, the American Association Milwaukee Brewers. After serving and losing a leg in WWII, he bought the Cleveland Indians in 1946, and a year later broke the color barrier in the American League by signing Larry Doby, a few months after Jackie Robinson-showing the deep commitment he held to integration and equal rights. Cleveland won the World Series in 1948, but Veeck sold the team for financial reasons the next year. He bought a majority of the St. Louis Browns in 1951, sold it three years later, then returned in 1959 to buy the other Chicago team, the White Sox, winning the American League pennant his first year. Ill health led him to sell two years later, only to gain ownership again, 1975-1981. Veeck's promotional spirit-the likes of clown prince Max Patkin and midget Eddie Gaedel are inextricably connected with him-and passion endeared him to fans, while his feel for the game led him to propose innovations way ahead of their time, and his deep sense of morality not only integrated the sport but helped usher in the free agency that broke the stranglehold owners had on players. (Veeck was the only owner to testify in support of Curt Flood during his landmark free agency case). Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick is a deeply insightful, powerful biography of a fascinating figure. It will take its place beside the recent bestselling biographies of Satchel Paige and Mickey Mantle, and will be the baseball book of the season in Spring 2012.

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• Hardcover : 199 pages


• Title : Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick


• Language : English


• ISBN-10 : 802717780

 

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“Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick is a very fine baseball biography that compares with the best work that has been published on the leaders of the sport over the years. Paul Dickson's breezy style illuminates not only the Bill Veeck of legend, but also the real Bill Veeck who worked hard at his craft even as he honed to a fine art the persona of a maverick and a "hustler," the term Veeck liked best in characterizing himself …
Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick by Paul Dickson
If a maverick is a principled person who is unafraid to stand by their principles even when it means standing well outside conventional or even accepted thought, then Bill Veeck was certainly one of baseball's greatest mavericks over the years.
Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick by Paul Dickson
“Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick incorporates the picaresque anecdotes and populist charm of Veeck's memoirs into a narrative marked by Mr. Dickson's broad knowledge and fluid authority. The result is a biography that newcomers to the Veeck legend are likely to find immensely appealing, but one that also makes him new again for those ...
com: Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick
Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick is a very fine baseball biography that compares with the best work that has been published on the leaders of the sport over the years. Paul Dickson’s breezy style illuminates not only the Bill Veeck of legend, but also the real Bill Veeck who worked hard at his craft even as he honed to a fine art the persona of a maverick and a "hustler," the term Veeck liked best in characterizing himself …
Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick: Paul Dickson
Reviews “Paul Dickson's excellent biography Bill Veeck : Baseball's Greatest Maverick is among the few great biographies set in sports. Beyond that it is the story of a singular fellow whose energy, determination, wit, and powerful commitment to fairness spiced with an unquenchable sense of the absurd enabled him to live an exceptionally full and passionate life.”
Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick: Paul Dickson
(Veeck was the only owner to testify in support of Curt Flood during his landmark free agency case). Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick is a deeply insightful, powerful biography of a fascinating figure. It will take its place beside the recent bestselling biographies of Satchel Paige and Mickey Mantle, and will be the baseball book of ...
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BILL VEECK Baseball’s Greatest Maverick PAUL DICKSON To Nancy: always and forever. With an additional dedicatory nod to Dave Kelly for decades of help as the “go to” sports expert at the Library of Congress. Bill Veeck … my choice for the most colorful baseball guy of all time. It’s more than that.
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Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick. by Paul Dickson. Full disclosure demands I inform readers that in 1975, I asked Bill Veeck for a job. I was a young attorney, and Veeck had just begun his second tour as owner of my beloved Chicago White Sox. I wrote a letter directly to him asking for a job, any job at all in baseball.
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'Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick' by Paul Dickson (Walker) Veeck never hid his left wing politics, and during World War II he spurned an officer’s commission to join the Marines as a 29 ...
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Bill Veeck was many things – entrepreneur, veteran, showman, innovator. This is well known and well documented. Yet in his new book, "Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick," biographer Paul ...

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