{"product_id":"baseballs-pivotal-era-1945-1951-william-marshall-9780813120416","title":"Baseball's Pivotal Era, 1945-1951","description":"\"With personal interviews of players and owners and with over two decades of research in newspapers and archives, Bill Marshall tells of the players, the pennant races, and the officials who shaped one of the most memorable eras in sports and American history. At the end of World War II, soldiers returning from overseas hungered to resume their love affair with baseball. Spectators still identified with players, whose salaries and off-season employment as postmen, plumbers, farmers, and insuranc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Marshall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813120411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813120416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.54h x 6.42w x 1.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/1999 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/08\/1999 pg. 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/1999 pg. 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/30\/1999 pg. 17","brand":"William Marshall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059815215359,"sku":"9780813120416","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d190a0cc-ddf1-4b21-8a0e-a03635071051.jpg?v=1685060501","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/baseballs-pivotal-era-1945-1951-william-marshall-9780813120416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}