{"product_id":"baseball-in-the-roaring-twenties-the-yankees-the-cardinals-and-the-captivating-1926-season-hardback-9781496235787","title":"Baseball in the Roaring Twenties; The Yankees, the Cardinals, and the Captivating 1926 Season (Hardback) 9781496235787","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBaseball in the Roaring Twenties\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Yankees, the Cardinals, and the Captivating 1926 Season\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Wolf (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496235787\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 September 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages, 21 photographs, 3 tables, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Readers who loved Thomas Wolf’s \u003ci\u003eThe Called Shot\u003c\/i\u003e are in for another treat. Wolf’s \u003ci\u003eBaseball in the Roaring Twenties\u003c\/i\u003e sets a rich historical and cultural backdrop for his masterful retelling of the dramatic 1926 World Series between Babe Ruth’s New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals of Rogers Hornsby and Pete Alexander, looking also at Rube Foster and the Negro World Series, and the allegations of game-fixing involving Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker.”-Tim Wiles, former director of research for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Thomas Wolf explores both the national pastime and America itself. Everyone is here, from fading diamond star Grover ‘Ol’ Pete’ Alexander to hot rookie Tony ‘Poosh ’Em Up’ Lazzeri, plus the explorers, gangsters, evangelists, and politicians of the day. Wolf paints a broad, fascinating landscape with skill and grace.”-Jim Leeke, author of \u003ci\u003eBig Loosh: The Unruly Life of Umpire Ron Luciano\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Tom Wolf is Frederick Lewis Allen incarnate. What Allen’s \u003ci\u003eOnly Yesterday\u003c\/i\u003e was to the 1920s in its immediate aftermath, Wolf’s \u003ci\u003eBaseball in the Roaring Twenties\u003c\/i\u003e is to that most fascinating decade a century later. More than just a baseball book, Wolf’s latest uses the 1926 season as a prism through which to interrogate many aspects of the era’s legacy, both near and far from the diamond.”-Clayton Trutor, author of \u003ci\u003eLoserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta-and How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Tom Wolf’s book is an engaging story about baseball in the heart of the Roaring Twenties, situating the 1926 season in the context of the era and telling of the stunning comeback of the Yankees after their collapse in 1925 and the surprising emergence of the Cardinals to win their first-ever World Series title.”-Steve Steinberg, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eMike Donlin: A Rough and Rowdy Life from New York Baseball Idol to Stage and Screen\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn the mid-1920s, America was in the throes of exuberant excess and clashing social change. It was the era of Prohibition and speakeasies; the reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan; popular evangelists, including ex-ballplayer Billy Sunday; a fascination with dangerous stunts like pole-sitting and wing-walking; incredible personal feats and new personalities such as Charles Lindbergh, Gertrude Ederle, and Mae West; and the advancement of innovative forms of entertainment-jazz, motion pictures, the radio. It was the Golden Age of Sports. But it was also a decade of corruption amid the ominous signs of economic collapse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1926 baseball stars of an earlier era still played major roles in the game: Veteran pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander was the hero of the 1926 World Series; Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker faced explosive allegations of game-fixing; Babe Ruth’s mysterious illness and dismal 1925 season convinced many observers that Ruth was finished-over the hill. Meanwhile, new stars like Tony Lazzeri and Lou Gehrig had arrived on the scene, and the Negro Leagues were at the height of their popularity and success with Rube Foster’s Chicago American Giants winning the Colored World Series of 1926. One of America’s most ardent fans cheered from the White House-not the taciturn president, Calvin Coolidge, but his vibrant and well-liked wife, Grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Focusing on the Cardinals and Yankees and their dramatic seven-game battle in the 1926 World Series, \u003ci\u003eBaseball in the Roaring Twenties\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of key players such as Babe Ruth and Rogers Hornsby, the Negro Leagues season, and how baseball and the inextricably linked aspects of American life-Prohibition, the Jazz Age, and the rise of sports gambling-converged that year. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Author’s Note\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Introduction: The Roaring Twenties \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part 1. The Teams\u003cbr\u003e 1. A Dynasty Is Born\u003cbr\u003e 2. Miller Huggins\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Cardinals and Rogers Hornsby\u003cbr\u003e 4. Spring Training in Terrell Woods\u003cbr\u003e 5. Spring Training in St. Petersburg \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part 2. The Season\u003cbr\u003e 6. Opening Days\u003cbr\u003e 7. Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb\u003cbr\u003e 8. Early Season Blues for the Redbirds\u003cbr\u003e 9. Grover Cleveland Alexander\u003cbr\u003e 10. Away from the Ballpark\u003cbr\u003e 11. Dutch Leonard Has a Story to Tell\u003cbr\u003e 12. Yankee Pitchers and Tony Lazzeri\u003cbr\u003e 13. Rube Foster and Black Baseball\u003cbr\u003e 14. Sesquicentennial Games\u003cbr\u003e 15. Judge Landis Takes Over\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Golden Age of Sports\u003cbr\u003e 17. Final Days \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part 3. The Postseason\u003cbr\u003e 18. World Series Games One and Two\u003cbr\u003e 19. World Series Games Three, Four, and Five\u003cbr\u003e 20. World Series Games Six and Seven\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Colored World Series of 1926\u003cbr\u003e 22. Judge Landis Steps Up to the Plate \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Epilogue \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739658187032,"sku":"9781496235787","price":25.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/baseball-in-the-roaring-twenties-the-yankees-the-cardinals-and-the-captivating-1926-season-hardback-9781496235787","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}