Scarecrow Press
Pages: 386
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Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼
978-0-8108-9215-6 • Hardback • August 2013 • $77.00 • (£59.00)
978-0-8108-9216-3 • eBook • August 2013 • $73.00 • (£56.00)
Robert W. Cohen is the author of numerous sports books, including Baseball's Hall of Fame – Or Hall of Shame? (2009), MVP (2010), The 50 Greatest Players in New York Yankees History (Scarecrow, 2012), The 50 Most Dynamic Duos in Sports History: Baseball, Basketball, Football, and Hockey (Scarecrow, 2013), and Pro Basketball’s All-Time All-Stars (Scarecrow, 2013). Cohen currently writes for the website TheBaseballPage.com.
This new book features distinguished players from the historically most prominent National League team with 11 World Series victories and 18 National League pennants. As Cohen notes, by the 1930s, "all cities west of the Mississippi and south of the Mason-Dixon Line broadcasted cardinals games over the radio," thereby "making the redbirds 'America's Team' in many ways." . . .Written in a lively, entertaining manner, this book belongs in most public and school libraries. Cohen's choice of players and his rankings will generate plenty of controversy among long-time Cardinals fans, but the book will appeal to both old and new baseball fans of all ages who admire brilliant individual player careers summarized in crisp biographical sketches and statistics. Twenty black-and-white photographs enhance the text.
— American Reference Books Annual