Lew Freedman is a long-time, prize-winning journalist for such newspapers as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, Anchorage Daily News and Wyoming’s Cody Enterprise. Specializing in sports and the outdoors, he has written more than 100 books. He lives in Columbus, Indiana.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction      1. The Little Left-Hander      2. The Deal Maker      3. Early Early Wynn      4. The Barrier Breaker      5. Looking for Keepers      6. The Chief and His Indians      7. More Than Just Names      8. The Guy They Called Little Nell      9. Magician with a Glove      10. Wynn Joins the White Sox      11. Becoming a Contender      12. Filling in the Holes      13. The New Guy Is Different      14. Going for It All      15. Erasing 40 Years of Bad Luck      16. Veeck—As in What the Heck      17. Taking a Run at First Place      18. The Promised Land at Last      19. Welcome to the World Series      20. Too Late for Early and the Sox      Epilogue: Fifty Years Later      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Lew Freedman is a long-time, prize-winning journalist for such newspapers as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, Anchorage Daily News and Wyoming’s Cody Enterprise. Specializing in sports and the outdoors, he has written more than 100 books. He lives in Columbus, Indiana.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction      1. The Little Left-Hander      2. The Deal Maker      3. Early Early Wynn      4. The Barrier Breaker      5. Looking for Keepers      6. The Chief and His Indians      7. More Than Just Names      8. The Guy They Called Little Nell      9. Magician with a Glove      10. Wynn Joins the White Sox      11. Becoming a Contender      12. Filling in the Holes      13. The New Guy Is Different      14. Going for It All      15. Erasing 40 Years of Bad Luck      16. Veeck—As in What the Heck      17. Taking a Run at First Place      18. The Promised Land at Last      19. Welcome to the World Series      20. Too Late for Early and the Sox      Epilogue: Fifty Years Later      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Lew Freedman is a long-time, prize-winning journalist for such newspapers as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, Anchorage Daily News and Wyoming’s Cody Enterprise. Specializing in sports and the outdoors, he has written more than 100 books. He lives in Columbus, Indiana.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction      1. The Little Left-Hander      2. The Deal Maker      3. Early Early Wynn      4. The Barrier Breaker      5. Looking for Keepers      6. The Chief and His Indians      7. More Than Just Names      8. The Guy They Called Little Nell      9. Magician with a Glove      10. Wynn Joins the White Sox      11. Becoming a Contender      12. Filling in the Holes      13. The New Guy Is Different      14. Going for It All      15. Erasing 40 Years of Bad Luck      16. Veeck—As in What the Heck      17. Taking a Run at First Place      18. The Promised Land at Last      19. Welcome to the World Series      20. Too Late for Early and the Sox      Epilogue: Fifty Years Later      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index