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Das Todesjahr Des Konigs Herodes Und Das Todesjahr Jesu Christi (1882) (9781162346052)

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Product details Format Hardback | 70 pages Dimensions ...
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The Curt Flood Story : The Man Behind the Myth (9780826217400)



Curt Flood, former star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, is a hero to many for selflessly sacrificing his career to challenge baseball's reserve system. Although he lost in the Supreme Court, he has become for many a martyr in the later successful battle for free agency. Sportswriters and fans alike have helped to paint a picture of Flood as a larger-than-life figure, a portrait that, unhappily, cannot stand closer inspection. This book reveals the real Curt Flood - more man than myth. Flood stirred up a hornet's nest by refusing to be traded to another team on the grounds that Major League Baseball's reserve system reduced him to the status of bondage. Flood challenged the legality of a system in which his contract could be traded without his consent and in which he was not at liberty to negotiate his services in an open market. Stuart Weiss explores the span of Flood's life, shedding light on the relationships with those close to him as they helped shape his decision to sue baseball and providing a new perspective on the lawsuit that found its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Although a superb player, Flood was known to be temperamental and sensitive; in bringing his lawsuit he transformed his grievances against the Cardinals, and those in the front office who traded him, into an attack on how the business of big-league ball was conducted. Weiss shows that Flood was far from the stereotypical ""dumb jock"" but was rather a proud, multifaceted black man in a business run by white moguls. By illuminating Flood's private side, rarely seen by the public, he reveals how Flood misled a gullible press on a regular basis and how his 1971 memoir, ""The Way It Is"", didn't tell it the way it really was. Drawing on previously untapped sources, Weiss examines more fully and deeply than other writers the complexity of Flood's decision to pursue his suit - and demonstrates that the picture of Flood as a martyr for free agency is a myth. He suggests why, of all the players traded or sold through the years, it was Flood who brought this challenge. Weiss also explains how Flood's battle against the reserve system cannot be understood in isolation from the personal experiences that precipitated it, such as his youth in a dysfunctional home, his unwavering commitment to the Cardinals, and his alcoholism. ""The Curt Flood Story"" is a realistic account of an eloquent man who presented a warm, even vulnerable, face to the public as well as to friends, while hiding his inner furies. It shows that Flood was neither a hero not a martyr but a victim of unique circumstances and his own life.


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  • Hardback | 288 pages
  • 161.04 x 236.73 x 24.13mm | 548.85g
  • Missouri, United States
  • English
  • 10 illustrations, bibiliography, index
  • 0826217400
  • 9780826217400


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