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Bill Veeck with Ed Linn

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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