Bibliograph

Ernie Banks, Mr. Cub and the Summer of '69

Type

Label

Ernie Banks, Mr. Cub and the Summer of '69

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ernie Banks

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

Mr. Cub and the Summer of '69

Summary

Respected by his baseball peers, beloved by Chicago fans and teammates, Ernie Banks did everything there was to do in the game he loved. Everything, that is, except play in a World Series. How and why that experience eluded him during one season of particular promise1969is a key storyline of this fresh look at one of baseball's legendary players. Banks, who had picked cotton outside Dallas as a youth, ascended from a barnstorming semipro team to the major leagues after Kansas City Monarchs manager Buck O'Neil placed him with the Cubs. During his time in Chicago, Banks won two MVPs and received an education far better than the one he received in the segregated schools he'd attended, gaining important life skills while playing the game he was born to play

Target audience

adult

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