How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History

 

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“…A writer of exceptional verve when recounting the heroics of the diamond, Murphy evinces a shrewd intelligence when scanning the cultural forces remaking the world beyond the ballpark…”

- Bryce Christensen, Booklist

“Crazy '08 is a lovely look (but one as searching as it is affectionate) about the dandiest season and the goofiest ballsters there ever were. As the players in 1908 played, so does Cait Murphy write with pluck and ginger”

- Frank Deford, author of The Entitled

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by Robert W. Creamer (Author, Babe: The Legend Comes to Life; Stengel: His Life and Times, and Baseball in '41: A Celebration of the Best Baseball Season Ever; former executive editor, Sports Illustrated)

 

 

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