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Rapoport, Ron, author.
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Banks, Ernie, 1931-2015.
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) -- History.
Baseball players -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
African American baseball players -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
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Let's play two : the legend of Mr. Cub, the life of Ernie Banks / Ron Rapoport.
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Rapoport, Ron, author.
New York : Hachette Books, 2019.
Subjects
Banks, Ernie, 1931-2015.
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) -- History.
Baseball players -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
African American baseball players -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780316318631 (hardcover) :
Description:
ix, 454 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Prologue: Omaha -- A blessed child -- 1717 Fairmount -- Booker T -- On the road -- Leaving home -- Apprenticeship -- Monarchs of all they surveyed -- Army life -- "Going to Chicago, sorry I can't take you" -- Ernie Banks and Mr. Cub -- North side, South side -- The master builder -- Future shock -- MVP! MVP! -- The slough of despond -- The once and future cub -- Let's play two -- The rock of the family -- Bright college days -- He was why we fell in love with the game -- The lull before the storm -- Himself -- Over -- "Daddy, where were you?" -- Teammates -- And yet so far -- The most unpopular man in chicago -- "This is not an eighth-place team" -- The best of times, the worst of times -- "Change the flag!" -- Bleacher bums -- In the world -- "Break out the champagne" -- A bunch of old men -- Questions and answers -- Riding the pines -- Sunday in America -- Coda -- Being Ernie Banks -- Man at work -- Family ties -- "How's your wife?" -- Rounding third -- Epilogue: Graceland.
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"The definitive and revealing biography of Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks, one of America's most iconic, beloved, and misunderstood baseball players, by acclaimed journalist Ron Rapoport"--
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Hawaii State Library
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