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The 1919 World Series is baseball's black eye, resulting in eight members of the White Sox being banned from the game for life for intentionally losing the series. Moviegoers recognize Shoeless Joe Jackson, the slugging outfielder for the Sox, from such popular films as Eight Men Out and Field of Dreams. And most baseball aficionados have seen photos of the grim-faced baseball commissioner who banned the offending players from the game.
But there is another side to the story, revealed for the first time in Red Legs and Black Sox. Author Susan Dellinger focuses on the series from the Cincinnati Reds’ perspective, as told by her grandfather, Edd Roush, star player of the 1919 Reds. This is a story that is far more complicated than previous movies and books have alluded to, involving fixes on both teams — and corruption right down to the leagues themselves.
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Romanced Fantasy.......2007-03-06
I found this book to book to be a disappointment. The problem was that it was written by Roush's granddaughter. It is not impartial, nor objective. In the book he does nothing wrong, or even off color, yet many other players do, while the worst that he does is drink beer and hold out during spring training. Despite any situation in the book he is always the "hero." It is unrealistic. Many of the conversations in the book are not referenced. We do not know how they were obtained. They were probably manufactured. The book comes across as a relection of a heroic grandfather. The grammatical errors toward the end of the book show a rush to finish the project. The conclusion that the 1919 Redlegs were the top team and that it was time to crown them as such was outlandish. It ignored the fact that the WhiteSox were, in fact, the favored team in that series. The evidence points to the fact that they did throw games intentionally. It is further ludicrious that she suggests that the 1919 Redlegs were the greatest Reds team ever, over the Big Red Machine. I found this book to be a waste of time to read. I was very disappointed after reading the final chapter, yet relieved.
Another Piece Of The Puzzle.......2006-07-21
Susan Dellinger, the granddaughter of Edd Roush, pens a biography on the legendary outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds, with the focus at about the halfway portion of the book on the 1919 World Series.
There has been so much written concerning the infamous "Black Sox Scandel," but Dellinger adds a piece to the puzzle through the perspective of Roush. Roush had heard about the fix from a Cincinnati businessman and had the opinion that several players on his club were attempting to dump games late in the series.
The book demonstrates how gambling was part of baseball; from those who made of living of playing/manipulating the odds, to the fans in the "cheap seats," and - importantly - the players and team management.
There will never be a definitive account of the fix. But Dellinger delivers a few more facts that will allow the reader to make a determination on "what really happened" that fall in Cincinnati, Chicago and cities large and small throughout the country.
Was this book edited?.......2006-07-10
I am in the midst of reading this book and generally enjoying it (other than having to keep flipping pages to read the footnotes, they would be more convenient at the bottom of each page). However, I am curious as to what extent the final version was edited. The number of basic misspellings and grammatical errors is astounding. For example, on page 59 there are three alone. First, the last sentence in the first full paragraph starts out, 'He handled her the bag....' Handled her the bag???! Second, at the end of that sentence, there is no period. Finally, in the last sentence of the page (above the letter being written), 'stationery' is misspelled 'stationary'. The word for paper for writing is spelled w/ 'ery', not 'ary'. Just wondering if anyone else noticed these and the various other errors.
Still waiting for a definitive Edd Roush biography.......2006-07-04
Students of dead ball era ballplayers and of the Black Sox scandal of 1919 will find this book a mixed bag. The writing style is often more fitting for a novel than an academic study of the author's grandfather, Hall of Fame centerfielder Edd Roush (who straddled the dead ball-live ball era). The novelistic technique in what is purported to be non-fiction includes the frequent placing of words in people's mouths, words the author cannot know were ever spoken. Edmund Morris was justifiably criticized for this in "Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan."
Amateur psychological analysis of long-dead historical figures, verbal anachronisms (superstar as merely one example), and lack of comment on the prejudices of the day make for reader distraction. The lack of an index is inexcusable. On the good side, there are hitherto unseen pictures, and the author had access to family sources and scrapbooks that bring forward some new perspectives. The book will cause the reader to re-examine the conventional wisdom that an honest White Sox club would have easily beaten the Cincinnati Reds in 1919.
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A new look at an old subject.......2006-05-15
I had high hopes for the book. I'm an avid reader of anything related to Reds history, and the early-1900 era has always fascinated me.
Let me start by saying that the book seems well researched. The author (the granddaughter of Edd Roush, perhaps the greatest player of Cincinnati's 1919 squad) clearly spent a great deal of time tracking down information, never before seen photos, and she did a fairly decent job of examining a topic that's been exmained in baseball literature over and over and over again. From a strictly fact-finding standpoint, the book is a success.
However, I found that the overall story just didn't live up to my own expectations. Maybe that's my own fault, and not the book's, but I think a lot of baseball fans will come to the same realization I did. At times, the book felt too "cutesy." I doubt the recreations of some of the conversations and events. And I got the impression that the author didn't enter the project with a great deal of baseball knowledge.
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WHY GLORIFY DRUNKEN THUGS.......2005-04-15
As a former USMC Recon leader, I was told about this book several years ago and just read it. I understand that it is not a recruiters guide to joining the legion but how can anyone take this organization seriously? The Marines and SEALS used unpleasant discipline as needed but we did not experience any deserters that I recall. If this behavior and treatment are accurate, they must have the lowest readiness, training, and morale percentages of any third world thug squad. I was disappointed with the book and its depiction of the legion. I expected to leave with a more positive perception of them. At least with the amount of drukenness, lack of deployability, and horrible small unit leadership; the legion cannot be taken even remotely seriously as a military force. This fortunately leaves the business of warfare and the gravity of its outcome to capable professional such as the American servicemen.
I Tried to Join the Legion.......2004-03-18
Back around '95/'96, I tried to join the French Foreign Legion. I had actually read this book, but wanted to see things for myself. I'd even been through most of BCT&AIT on Sand Hill in Ft. Benning, GA, the fall of '93 but quit because I didn't like the racism I encountered there (it just got to me, okay? Sounds lame I know but whatever -- just remember that there are things that happen in the world which no one's ever dreamed of; that's why fact is always stranger than fiction [so don't ask why I didn't bother reporting it, 'cause I did, but then that's another story...]). Okay, so it all sounds nuts that I should try to join the French Foreign Legion, especially after reading this book, right? Well, I figured that I could take "foreign" racism much better than US racism, since I wouldn't have any expectations as a non-Frenchman, know what I mean? So I got as far as their fort in Paris, something-sous-or-sur-bois, had a nice Foreign Legion lunch with other hopefuls, and wound up being rejected on account of my glasses -- despite my near-perfect 200-level French! There were five of us, and only one, a Russian guy who claimed to be an ex-paratrooper, went on for the real medical. Me and the fat middle-aged Italian, also bespectacled, were rejected; the black French kid was told to report for National Service (or whatever they called it) and not bother them as he well knew that the Legion wasn't for citizens. Anyway, I go into all this to say that the Legionnaires I met then, if they're at all representative, seem not different from American soldiers I'd known in my three-and-a-half months during basic and part of AIT. The corporal I spoke with was a really nice guy, too, who bothered commiserating with me over not making it in! Another dude was great, too, who inquired after my interview when he saw me outside the fort later that afternoon as he was, I imagine, going off duty for a night on the town. Other guys did seem grim and unhappy, however. Which is all to say that if Jennings' account as related in this book is true, he's probably "responsible" for 75% of his bad time himself. Still, combat arms is a world of bullying, and lonely guys won't make good soldiers, I now know. I mean, after all, one trains to kill, one constantly practices ways of taking advantage of people and situations...it's not likely that folks without a more highly developed "moral sense" shouldn't get carried away, know what I mean? Still, us lonely though otherwise capable guys are driven by the same ideals of manhood, so it's inevitable that these stories get repeated training cycle after training cycle. Anyway, the reviews seem to break down along these lines, interestingly: the sympathetic ones reflect an understanding of the brutality inherent in military life, the dismissive ones are from those who were able to adapt to it. Despite factual errors (I myself would be hard-pressed to cite exact details, too, regarding my short TIS), I do believe the author is truthful when it comes to the "spirit" of military life, particularly in combat arms, particularly in an elite unit (anyone remember the USMC's Force Recon scandal years ago, with hazing rituals involving parachute wings being punched into their flesh -- all captured on tape??). Hell, I was only in basic training and we were screaming about raping and killing kids! Of course such experiences aren't typical, but neither are they so unusual, either -- I've come across a few people who have had nearly identitcal experiences, even one guy from the Navy, of all places! I'm not sure why we can't just have a community of honest men who believe in protecting the weak, who believe in democratic ideals, who realize that the real war to be waged as a warrior is the inner one against oneself, one's ego. I was disgusted by what I found in the U.S. Army, though the bad elements of my extremely short experience were only like 20% of it all (though perhaps in "concentrated" form), so I'm able and willing to extend to Jennings the benefit of the doubt with regards to the veracity of his experiences. Something the unsympathetic reviewers just don't seem to understand: it's not about blame and pointing fingers, it's about explaining and understanding and getting it off one's chest as honestly as possible. Though I wasn't physically assaulted, I certainly had the fear of that, so I could identify with Jennings where that's concerned.
So yeah, I recommend this book, and though I don't know whether he's totally accurate, I do believe him truthful as regards the "spirit" of his experiences.
Honest To A Fault.......2001-12-16
The Legion has always taken pride in that it takes the scum of the earth and through keen discipline turns them into legionaires. The author of this book was a self admitted petty thief and criminal when he entered the legion. This book chronicles his story from his drunken days in England to his entrance into the elite paratroop regiment unit to his desertion. Although, I have never served in the Legion, my sense is that his book is very honest. Jenning's book is a wonderful contrast to Simon Murray's "Legionaire".
Do NOT Join the F.F.L.........2001-09-22
My best friend is a Staff Sgt. in the Legion. He found it to be very accurate and indeed some of his anechdotes, (usually told when very drunk), are even more harrowing than in the book. Being hit in the face is apparently the most effective way to learn French. That is how he learned, in the Legion, aged 18. It took a year. I gave him a copy of Mouthful of Rocks in 1990. It is one of the few belongings he has bothered to keep over the years. The author holds back when dealing with his own involvemnet with prostitution, yet like most drunks, fondly recalls his drunken days like old war stories. He challenges you to have no respect for him, yet never looks for pity.
It is as much a journey to a alchoholic's rock bottom as it is into the fraternity of the Legion.
You have to be slightly nuts to join the Legion. You can't fail to be nuts by the time you leave/escape.
If you read this book and still want to join the Legion - you're a maniac. Which means you'd fit right in.
A sad Case.......2000-08-08
I was interested to read that "The Viet Cong" beat the American Army so we got out of Vietnam. I further found out from this loser that the reason the Legion was beat in Vietnam was because of the French civilians. Mr Jennings, the French military is a joke which is why they have a Foreign Legion. I would also like to draw your attention to the fact that the American Army has NEVER been beaten in the field by anyone. Including Vietnam. If you are interested in the Legion this is not the book for you. Mr Jennings has never seen combat. He in fact is a whining misfit who ran from his commitment, and has been rejected by his own country's military. There are plenty of good books out there about The Foreign Legion. This is not one of them.
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History Comes Alive!.......2001-09-10
A friend recommended Coffin's books "Story of Liberty" and "Sweet Land of Liberty" to me several years ago because I was looking for an account of American History that was not distorted and colored by recent "correct" thinking.
I was not seeking to shore up my own political ideology either, I just wanted an account that had been written closer to the time when the actual events occurred and describing not only what truly happened, but also how the contemporary authors of the time truly felt and thought while they were recording the events.
To that end, these books are so well written that I have subsequently read many of the chapters to my children, at their request! When history is fun to read, it is more memorable, and I was glad to observe my children remembering and learning from what REALLY happened and not what a prevailing political system wishes had happened as is the case in recent years as "correct" thinkers have managed to gain control of many of our publicly funded educational institutions. In many ways, you can only discover what you are first looking for, and to endeavor to make history fit modern ideals, while entirely possible, is still a disservice to future generations. Instead of looking through a filtered lens to find those of antiquity that think the way we want them to, lets all try to learn from the successes and mistakes of the past and then pass on what really happened. Finally, keep in mind these are not children's books. They are written for the adult audience and are in-depth, detailed, and accurate. However as an added bonus, I discovered that they also appeal to children precisely because Coffin is so engaging as an author.
A splendid colonial history.......2001-02-17
*Sweet Land of Liberty* is a reprint of an 1881 young people's history of colonial America initially titled *Old Times in the Colonies*. It is an intermediary volume between Charles C. Coffin's *The Boys of '76*, the narrative of the battles of the American Revolution he published for the centennial, and his *Story of Liberty*, which chronicled "the struggles of men in England and Europe against the tyranny of emperors, kings, popes, archbishops, bishops and inquisitors". It covers the whole period from Columbus's discovery of San Salvador in 1492 to the French and Indian Wars, with chapters on the establishment of the various colonies and the major events of the era.
This volume was reprinted by religious conservatives and will be of particular interest to homeschoolers. Coffin had a "Providential view of history", believing that "the settlement of America" revealed a "design in Providence for the illumination of the ignorant, and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth." As a Frenchman, I view this hopeful vision of history with more than a little skepticism, as my own country shows no sign of sharing in any divine plans for liberty on earth. And I think Coffin himself would have been much more reserved if he had witnessed the evolution of his country in the century following the publication of his book.
But even for those who do not share the author's faith in Providence, which surfaces only occasionally, this colonial history will be a delight to read, accompanied as it is by hundreds of black-and-white illustrations artfully documenting the buildings, the landscapes, the costumes, the people and the events of the period. Together with Coffin's flair for the concretization and dramatization of history, these illustrations will "take you there" just as surely as any good work of historical fiction. The only technical flaw of the book is its maps, which never seem to be at the right place or to feature the locations you are looking for, and lack the often brilliant visual design of modern maps.
As far as the text is concerned, it tends to focus mostly on the issues of freedom of conscience and popular government. Though strongly inimical to the Catholics in general and the Jesuits in particular, it is not one-sided and often plays the devil's advocate. The presentation of quakerism, for instance, helped me understand why its devotees were often targeted as the victims of religious intolerance; and the chapter on the Salem Witch Hunt, by giving the whole American and European context of the episode, made it seem much less bizarre and unexplainable than it is generally made to be. Particularly interesting are the numerous accounts of Indian atrocities, which would never find their place in a modern, politically correct textbook. In their gory detail, however, they may make the book unsuitable for younger readers.
If you loved Edward Eggleston's beautiful *History of the United States and Its People* (recently reprinted by the Lost Classics Book Company), you will certainly enjoy this volume just as much. I also recommend it as a more concrete and anecdotal supplement to the first volume of Clarence Carson's *Basic History of the United States*. And as it ends with Robert Rogers' retaliatory attack on the St Francis Indians, it can also be read as a preface to Kenneth Roberts' excellent historical novel, *Northwest Passage*, which begins with the same incident.
Sweet Land of Liberty.......2000-05-10
This book is so well written that my younger children eagerly listened as well. Charles Coffin brings history to life through this sequel to The Story of Liberty. He shows how it was God's plan for a land of freedom to lay waiting for those who would need a new beginning to express their religious freedom. The dangers were many, but the thread of purpose is evident throughout. I recommend this book to any family, especially home schooled, as a must to their study of the colonization of America.
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Sweet Land of Liberty?: The African-American Struggle for Civil Rights in the Twentieth Century (Studies in Modern History (Longman (Firm)).)
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objective.......2004-04-24
An objective take on the Civil rights movement, excellent historical annalysis of the important events, would recomend this book to anyone wanting a clear overview of the struggle, in particular students
The Examination of Sweet Land of Liberty.......2002-06-10
In my opinion I personally think that Cook had valid and explanational points, but they were bios and somewhat more of someone else's thinking than of his own.
Sweet Land of Liberty?: The African -American Struggle for.......2002-01-30
Excellent reference for advanced high school or college level courses.
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Fills a niche.........2006-03-02
Having been born and raised in Northampton County I was pleasantly surprised to come across this book. I ordered it on-line, so I didn't really know what to expect.
While I did enjoy this book, I don't know if I could really recommend to anyone whose is neither from Northampton County (or Eastern PA), nor a Revolutionary War buff.
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Lynn M. Stone
Manufacturer: Rourke Pub Group
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Ever wonder what life for a knight would be like? .......2005-04-01
I would strongly reccomend Knights for any kid or teen who would like to learn more about knights and the culture of the middle ages. The book contains colorful pictures and is very easy to read. It also contains interesting facts like: when knights were putting horse shoes on their horses for battle they would leave some of the nails sticking out of the hooves in order to injure enemies. Rachel Firth did an excellent job capturing knights and life in the middle ages and I would definatly give this bood two thumbs up!
-Caitlin L.
"Knights and Shimeing Armor with there big ling swords".......2005-03-24
The book the "knights" is about weaopns, armor, houses and the way of life. It shows you how they lived and how life was back then. Yes i would recommend this book because it is a good way to learn about the way it was back then, and the past.\
Gary.F.
knights: a review.......2005-03-21
After reading the book "Knights" I had a better understanding of the history of knights and the Middle Ages. This book covers who knights were, what equipment they used, what their lives were like, etc. Though I think this book was directed towards a younger audience, it would be a great reference source for any research project or report. -Grant
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