Veeck--As In Wreck
The Autobiography of Bill Veeck
With a New Foreword by Bob Verdi
400 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
©
1962, 1986, 2001
Paper $18.00
ISBN: 9780226852188
Published April 2001
Not for sale in the British Commonwealth except Canada
Related links: Read the first chapter, on the career of Eddie Gaedel.
Foreword by Bob Verdi 1. A Can of Beer, a Slice of Cake—and Thou, Eddie Gaedel 2. A Man of Dignity 3. The Battle of Wrigley Field 4. The First Fine Careless Rapture of Milwaukee 5. A Universal-International Production 6. Dinner with Boudreau 7. Every Day Was Mardi Gras... 8. ...and Every Fan Was King 9. One $200,000 Dog for Two $100,000 Cats 10. The Name of the Game is Gamesmanship 11. It Only Takes One Leg to Walk Away 12. Leroy Had Been There Before 13. An Epitaph for Harry Grabiner 14. The Jolly Set 15. I'm from Missouri—Momentarily 16. The Greatest Right-handed Hitter of All Time 17. The Asterisk King 18. A Warm Spiritual Message from the Del E. Webb Corp. 19. Right Between the Shoulder Blades 20. A Night at Toots Shor's 21. Dynasties Are for the Dinosaurs 22. Chuck Comiskey and the National Debt 23. The South Side Shall Rise Again 24. How We Bought the Minor Leagues Back to Los Angeles 25. I'm Not Handicapped; I'm Crippled Afterword by Ed Linn
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