{"product_id":"ernie-banks-phil-rogers-9781600785191","title":"Ernie Banks: Mr. Cub and the Summer of '69","description":"Respected by his baseball peers and beloved by Chicago fans and teammates, Ernie Banks did everything there was to do in the game he loved. Everything, that is, except play in a World Series. How and why that experience eluded him during one season of particular promise--1969--is a key storyline of this fresh look at one of baseball's legendary players. The life of Banks, who had picked cotton outside Dallas as a youth, ascended from a barnstorming semipro team to the major leagues after Kansas City Monarchs manager Buck O'Neil placed him with the Cubs, is detailed in this biography of Mr. Cub. During his time in Chicago, Banks won two MVPs and received an education far better than the one he received in the segregated schools he'd attended, gaining important life skills while playing the game he was born to play.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phil Rogers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1600785190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781600785191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Triumph Books (IL)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.33w x 1.08d","brand":"Phil Rogers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43938605465855,"sku":"9781600785191","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8f689ac2-daab-47d0-8a9a-13dda8e92c42.jpg?v=1681436679","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ernie-banks-phil-rogers-9781600785191","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}