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1 review
William C. Kashatus

University Press of America, 1990

A former soldiers perspective
A unique perspective on a not so unique, (and very contemporary), dilemna

Just over the Line: Chester County and the Underground Railroad
William C. Kashatus

Chester County Historical Society, 2002

Located just over the Mason-Dixon line dividing free and slave states, Chester County was an important and dangerous junction on the Underground Railroad's Eastern Line. Predominantly populated by the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, the county saw much debate and conflict brought about by the terrible risk involved in this radical and subversive activity. While traditionally Quakers have been believed to be very cooperative in the ...

Money Pitcher: Chief Bender And the Tragedy of Indian Assimilation
William C. Kashatus

Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006

Charles Albert Bender was one of baseball?s most talented pitchers. By the end of his major league career in 1925, he had accrued 212 wins and more than 1,700 strikeouts, and in 1953, he became the first American Indian elected to baseball?s Hall of Fame. But as a high-profile Chippewa Indian in a bigoted society, Bender knew firsthand the trauma of racism. In Money Pitcher: Chief Bender and the Tragedy of Indian Assimilation , William C. ...

September Swoon: Richie Allen, the '64 Phillies, And Racial Integration (Keystone Book)

7 reviews
William C. Kashatus

Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005

A professional baseball history
This archivally-bound, well-written book is a professional historian's account of the season of the 1964 Phillies. It is well illustrated with portraits of the major players in this story. In 1964, I made a bet with my brother: that Richie Allen would some day be considered as great as Mickey Mantle. We still argue the comparison, but thanks to this book, I better appreciate the reasons I ...

Lou Gehrig: A Biography (Baseball's All-Time Greatest Hitters)
William C. Kashatus

Greenwood Press, 2004

Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played stood for decades until Cal Ripken Jr. broke it in 1995. Most people remember Gehrig for this record, or for the disease that claimed his life (and now bears his name). But what many forget is how prolific a hitter he was. The son of German immigrants, Gehrig rose from inauspicious beginnings to become a scholar-athlete at Columbia University, and then moved to Major League Baseball, where he ...

The Philadelphia Athletics (PA) (Images of Sports)
William C. Kashatus

Arcadia Publishing, 2002

In October 1954, the Philadelphia Athletics relocated to Kansas City, putting an end to more than a half-century of American League baseball in the City of Brotherly Love. However, of all the professional sports teams ever to play in the city, Connie Mack's Athletics remain the most successful-and frustrating. Their five World Series titles and nine pennants were balanced with seventeen last-place finishes. Mack's 3,776 victories as a manager ...

Connie Mack's '29 Triumph: The Rise and Fall of the Philadelphia Athletes Dynasty

1 review
William C. Kashatus

McFarland & Company, 2005

great book on a not much talked about team
bill certainly does his homework on this one. he holds a great aurguement on the fact that the numbers speak for themselve. yes, the yanks were & are great, that doesn't discount the A's stats & record during that time period. especially when they were head to head against the yanks. if any reader enjoys joys this book they are only going to enjoy the rest of his baseball books. we are truly ...

One-Armed Wonder: Pete Gray, Wartime Baseball, and the American Dream

9 reviews
William C. Kashatus

McFarland & Company, 2001

Solid Biography of Pete Gray's Experience in MLB
When Pete Gray reached the St. Louis Browns in 1945, the team was coming off the only pennant-winning season in its history. This fine biography by veteran baseball historian William C. Kashatus relates the story of Gray before, during, and after his stint with the Browns. Sportswriters dubbed Gray the "one-armed wonder." Born Peter J. Wyshner in the grimy coal-mining town of Nanticoke, ...

Historic Philadelphia

6 reviews
William C. Kashatus

University Press of America, 2002

The Vicarious Philadelphia
I visited Philadelphia as a young man while involved in a liason with a young woman from that city many years ago. During my time there, I idly walked through the lower parts of the city, looking at, but paying little attention to the magnificent things around me. I confess to having brought little back with me from the experience save a broken heart, a few maps and some local guides. A ...

Almost a Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the 1980 Phillies

2 reviews
William C. Kashatus

University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008

Memories of my childhood
I remember being 10 years old and watching the PHILLIES winning the World Series. A defining moment of a boys childhood. It's great to remember, be reminded and relive that time in ALMOST A DYNASTY. Kashatus does a wonderful job discussing THE PHILLIES history, the farm system, outside influences that effect baseball (free agency, players strikes, etc), individual players; weaving it into what is ...

Station Master on the Underground Railroad: The Life and Letters of Thomas Garrett

1 review
James A. McGowan

Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub, 2009

Who's for Abolition? I am!
Garrett, like so many in his fambly, was one of the unsung heroes of the American experiment. Which has failed, I hate to say it but we should all pack up our things and join other countries. But before it failed men like Garrett, and so many in his fambly, showed the truest, farthest measure of human goodness. And, somehow, managed to make a buck doing it. Don't ask me how, I don't know. ...

Connie MacK's '29 Triumph : The Rise and Fall of the Philadelphia Athletics Dynasty

5 reviews
William C. Kashatus

McFarland & Company, 1999

Connie Mack-Bill Kashatus' Triumph
Fascinating account, even for one raised on horseback and skis. I have never understood the intricacies of The Great American Past Time, however, Mr. Kashatus' story telling is illuminating.

Mike Schmidt: Philadelphia's Hall of Fame Third Baseman

5 reviews
William C. Kashatus

McFarland & Company, 1999

He's simply the best to ever play thirdbase!
There have been many players to grace the hot corner, Arky Vaughan, Pie Traynor, George Brett, Wade Boggs, George Kell, however none of them hold a candle to Michael Jack Schmidt and this book tells why. From his days at Ohio State to his glory years in Philadelphia, Mike Schmidt is the standard by which all other third basemen are measured. He set a record for most home runs in a season by a ...

Diamonds in the Coalfields: 21 Remarkable Baseball Players, Managers, and Umpires from Northeast Pennsylvania

2 reviews
William C. Kashatus

McFarland & Company, 2001

Diamonds in the Coalfields
"Diamonds in the Coalfields" is a documentary of life in the 1920's, 30's, and 40's. William Kashatus has done an excellent job of organizing the history of the mining communities, from a perspective of how baseball affected everyone's lives in those happy, glorious years. You can get an estimate of his effort by looking at his detailed reference notes and bibliography at the back of the book. ...

A Virtuous Education: Penn's Vision for Philadephia Schools

1 review
William C. Kashatus

Pendle Hill Publications, 1997

Educational Realisms
A most relevant book, particuarly during this presidential campaign season when so much rhetoric soars as regards education, its funding, vouchers and so on. The religious and inclusive values of Penn stand in stark contrast with the politically correct historic revisionism so popular today.

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