The Pirates reader
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
c2003.
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Table of Contents:
- Writing baseball
- The country of baseball / Donald Hall
- Searching for January / W.P. Kinsella
- From backlots to big leagues: Pittsburgh's early baseball
- Professional baseball in Pittsburgh / William E. Benswanger
- A brilliant victory / Staff reporter
- Louis Bierbauer / Alfred H. Spink
- Godfather of Pirates lies in unmarked grave / Harry Keck
- Building a winning tradition
- Barney Dreyfuss enters the scene / Frederick G. Lieb
- The mighty Honus / Frederick G. Lieb
- Pirates wallop the beaneaters / John H. Gruber
- Take him out / Christy Mathewson
- Tommy Leach / Lawrence S. Ritter
- Chadwick's chat / Henry Chadwick
- Pirates lose first game on Forbes Field / Staff reporter
- Pirates outgame Tigers for title / Ring Lardner
- Babe Adams / Herbert F. McDougal
- Hans Wagner / Chet Smith
- The greatest World Series ever and the damn Yankees
- Hot corner? Traynor, no argument / Bob Broeg
- Big, little, young, old: all pay tribute to Pie / Roy McHugh
- World's title battle never equalled for thrills, heroic action / Charles J. Doyle
- Pirates should take rank with the greatest of clubs, Runyon says / Damon Runyon
- Paul Waner / Lawrence S. Ritter
- Lloyd Waner / Donald Honig
- Landis dumps Lardner's novel "serious" scheme / Ring Lardner
- Yanks win baseball championship / Ralph S. Davis
- Bambino expected quick end / Babe Ruth
- There's plenty of life in the old boy yet; drives in six Boston runs / Volney Walsh
- From Depresssion baseball to depressing baseball
- Pirates won't be the same without "most valuable" Rosey / Harry Keck
- World Series ticket rush swamps Pirate officials / Staff reporter
- [and 41 others].
