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The Glory of their times : the story of the early days of baseball, told by the men who played it / by Lawrence S. Ritter.

By: Material type: SoundSoundPublisher number: HBP 59236 | HighBridgePublisher: St. Paul, Minnesota : HighBridge, [1998]Copyright date: ℗1998Description: 4 audiocassettes (300 min.) : analog + 1 booklet (32 pages : illustrations ; 11 cm)Content type:
  • spoken word
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audiocassette
ISBN:
  • 1565112474
  • 9781565112476
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • R514g
LOC classification:
  • RZC 8134
Contents:
Introduction -- My name is Charles Victory Fausten : Fred Snodgrass -- Sam Cawford -- Hans Lobert -- Rube Bressler -- Chief Meyers -- Davy Jones -- Rube Marquad -- Joe Wood -- Lefty O'Doul -- Jimmy Austin -- Fred Snodgrass -- Goose Goslin -- Bill Wambsganss -- Casey at the bat : Chief Meyers -- You gonna write the book? : Goose Goslin.
Lawrence Ritter, interviewer ; with various interviewees and additional voices.Summary: Reminiscences of baseball players who played early in the twentieth century, recorded in interviews between 1962 and 1966. Includes Fred Snodgrass, Sam Crawford, Hans Lobert, Rube Bressler, Chief Meyers, Davy Jones, Rube Marquand, Joe Wood, Lefty O'Doul, Jimmy Austin, Goose Goslin, and Bill Wambsganss.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Barcode
Books Books St. Thomas Becket Library General 796.357 RIT Available 1061

Title from container.

Interviews recorded live between 1963-1965.

Interviews originally collected in 1966 book by the same title.

Booklet (32 pages : portraits ; 12 cm) inserted in container.

Introduction -- My name is Charles Victory Fausten : Fred Snodgrass -- Sam Cawford -- Hans Lobert -- Rube Bressler -- Chief Meyers -- Davy Jones -- Rube Marquad -- Joe Wood -- Lefty O'Doul -- Jimmy Austin -- Fred Snodgrass -- Goose Goslin -- Bill Wambsganss -- Casey at the bat : Chief Meyers -- You gonna write the book? : Goose Goslin.

Lawrence Ritter, interviewer ; with various interviewees and additional voices.

Reminiscences of baseball players who played early in the twentieth century, recorded in interviews between 1962 and 1966. Includes Fred Snodgrass, Sam Crawford, Hans Lobert, Rube Bressler, Chief Meyers, Davy Jones, Rube Marquand, Joe Wood, Lefty O'Doul, Jimmy Austin, Goose Goslin, and Bill Wambsganss.