{"product_id":"more-than-merkle-9780803259461","title":"More than Merkle","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn archival account of baseball and America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“David Anderson’s book is a winner in its own right. Not only does it enlighten us about a season that might really have been ‘the best and most exciting’ of all time, it gives us the feeling that we’re standing hatless among the overflow crowds of nearly a century ago, rooting for Matty, Rube, the Big Train, the Flying Dutchman, the Georgia Peach, and all the other flannel-clad immortals of days gone by. . . . Anderson has fashioned as close to a masterpiece of baseball research and analysis as any first-class author has produced in a long time.”—David Shiner, \u003ci\u003eHaroldSeymour.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating archival account of what baseball and America were like nearly a century ago.\"—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Those not acquainted with the dramatics of the 1908 campaign might find Anderson's hyperbolic title a bit extreme until they read of the many astonishing events that took place that year. To wit: three NL teams finishing within a half game of each other (forcing the first-ever playoff game) and an AL race decided by .004 percentage points. Toss in the exploits of legendary figures Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner and other future Hall-of-Famers and the book's description more resembles an exercise in prosaic restraint.”—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today Baseball Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Baseball enthusiasts will enjoy this.”—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As his title suggests, there was more to this memorable season than an infamous blunder.”—\u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405262627159,"sku":"9780803259461","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803259461.jpg?v=1730489329","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/more-than-merkle-9780803259461","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}