The Men Who Made the Yankees - Nikola-Lisa, W.
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W. Nikola-Lisa explores a fascinating corner of baseball history in The Men Who Made the Yankees, which traces the rise of the New York Yankees from the origin of the American League to the Yankees' first world championship title in 1923. Less a history of players, The Men Who Made the Yankees focuses on a handful of powerful club owners and the political and financial pressures that dramatically shaped the arrival of an American League team in New York City. A major league baseball enthusiast from a young age, Mr. Nikola-Lisa is also the author of Dear Frank: Babe Ruth, the Red Sox, and the…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
W. Nikola-Lisa explores a fascinating corner of baseball history in The Men Who Made the Yankees, which traces the rise of the New York Yankees from the origin of the American League to the Yankees' first world championship title in 1923. Less a history of players, The Men Who Made the Yankees focuses on a handful of powerful club owners and the political and financial pressures that dramatically shaped the arrival of an American League team in New York City. A major league baseball enthusiast from a young age, Mr. Nikola-Lisa is also the author of Dear Frank: Babe Ruth, the Red Sox, and the Great War, a work of historical fiction set in Boston during the waning days of the first world war.
Autorenporträt
W. Nikola-Lisa is professor emeritus at National-Louis University in Chicago, Illinois where he taught in the Graduate School of Education. He is the author of numerous books for a variety of age levels. His books include the award-winning How We Are Smart, an exploration of Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, Magic in the Margins, a story about bookmaking in the Middle Ages, and The Men Who Made the Yankees, an homage to one of the greatest baseball franchises in history.