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Wrigleyville: A Magical History Tour of the Chicago Cubs |  | Author: Peter Golenbock
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 148673
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 3rd
Pages: 592
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357640977311
ASIN: B003E74BX8
Publication Date: April 1, 2010
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Product Description
For celebrated sportwriter Peter Golenbock, Wrigleyville is a symbol of America's fidelity to its greatest sport. As he did with classics of sports literature, Bums (a history of the Brooklyn Dodgers) and Dynasty (a history of the New York Yankees), Golenbock turns to a team that has won and broken the hearts of generations of fans; the Chicago Cubs. Utilizing dozens of personal interviews with players, coaches, fans, sportswriters, and clubhouse personnel, as well as out-of-print memiors by nineteeth-century players, Peter Golenbock has created a perfect gift for every baseball fan: a book that entertains, warms the heart, and touches the soul. This updated edition includes material from the team's past five years, such as Harry Caray's death, the magical seasons of Sammy Sosa and Kerry Wood, and the Cubs' 1998 playoff dive.
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 shipped to wrong address October 16, 2008
Frank J. Moran
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
this book was shipped to wrong address. I tried to reorder but was told there was no more copies available. I am supposed to have a credit on my account.
Any Team Can Have a Bad Century June 7, 2008
Borowy26 (Chicago)
Peter Golenbock found a winning formula in his previous baseball books ("Bums" and "Fenway"), so it was only natural that he would return to it again. As the oldest franchise in professional baseball to have played consecutive seasons in the same city, the Chicago National League Ball Club presents the author with numerous challenges. First of all, the team has been in existence since 1876 (the sole charter member of the league to remain in existence without interruption) and its first forty-one seasons were not played in Wrigleyville, but in several other Chicago neighborhoods. Although the team principally made its home on the West Side prior to its move, there were times when the team played on the lakefront and, briefly, on the South Side. There is an awful lot of editorial compression required to make the length of the text manageable and greater emphasis is given to more recent years with players who were actually alive to be interviewed. Earlier chapters were drawn from secondary sources.
All in all, it was an enjoyable read. It is difficult for contemporary fans to appreciate how good a team the Cubs were once upon a time.
Wrigelyville Plus March 21, 2005
Scott Roeda (Bremen Township, Illinois)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is about the Chicago Cubs. But it is not about purely the Chicago Cubs of the Wrigleyville era. So the subtitle A Magical History Tour of the Chicago Cubs is a more accurate title of this book. Some reviews complain that there is not enough coverage of the more recent past.Well I have read Cub histories and other team histories that seem to elaborate on the more recent- what is more familiar. This book contains 498 pages of text. It starts the Cubs History from 1876 through the early 1990's. This book is anthology. Not skimping on the premodern era of 1876 -1899, but includes it. I found each era covered about the same amount of time. the author had a clear goal about writing balance history about the Chicago Cubs. Balance in the sense of covering the whole historically. Yes this book is a promotion for baseball, critical analysis of baseball and socity problems need look elsewhere, but I enjoy getting losed in a good read.
 A Great Baseball Book! April 5, 2002
nusandman (Lincoln, Ne USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Being a baseball fan but not necessarily a Cubs fan, I was a little worried that I might not enjoy this book. But you soon find yourself captured in the history of the Cubs organization. Much of the "corporate" attitude that the Cubs front office holds today was started well before many of us were born. The book is a great historical record of not only the Cubs, but of Major League Baseball itself. Every baseball purist would love this book and it's a must read for any die-hard Cub fan.
Wonderful for any fan March 10, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a life-long Cub fan, I always wanted this book. I finally got it for Christmas a couple years ago and had it finished in 3 days. I was lost in this book, from the early days of the White Stockings, right up to the Ryne Sandberg era. I saw the updated version at a bookstore and had to have it. I've read it countless times, but I always anticipate what's up ahead. Peter Golenbock did a tremendous job!
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