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Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1976–1998
Electoral Failures and the Vagaries of Identity Politics
Av Alan H. Levy
Inbunden, 2013
1806 kr
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The Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1976–1998 is the second part of the first full biography of Bella Abzug. Alan H. Levy explores the political life of one of the most important women in politics in mid- and late-twentieth-century America. This second part takes up Abzug’s life from the point in …
Rube Waddell
The Zany, Brilliant Life of a Strikeout Artist
Av Alan H. Levy
Häftad, 2000
396 kr
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George Edward "Rube" Waddell was one of the zaniest characters ever to play baseball. The legendary Connie Mack, who saw quite a few cards during his nearly seven decade stint in the majors, once observed that no other screwball he ever saw could hold a candle to Rube. Mack also said that Rube's …
Tackling Jim Crow
Racial Segregation in Professional Football
Av Alan H. Levy
Häftad, 2003
373 kr
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Many are familiar with Jackie Robinson and the integration of Major League Baseball after all the years of separate black and white leagues, but fewer people know of the segregation and then integration of the National Football League. The timing and sequence of events were different, but football …
Joe McCarthy
Architect of the Yankee Dynasty
Av Alan H. Levy
Häftad, 2005
517 kr
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Joe McCarthy was headed towards a career as a plumber--until the parish priest intervened, and convinced McCarthy's mother that he could make more of himself in baseball. She relented, and Joseph Vincent McCarthy embarked on a career that ranks him among the greatest managers ever. In 24 years his …
Floyd Patterson
A Boxer and a Gentleman
Av Alan H. Levy
Häftad, 2008
396 kr
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Floyd Patterson delivered a number of knockout punches during his Hall of Fame career, but it might have been the fights he won outside the ring that made him great. Born in 1935, he overcame poverty and prejudice to become the youngest world heavyweight champion in history--and he would later …
Reorganizing Our Universities
An Inside Look At What Continually Goes Wrong In Higher Education And What Can Be Done About It
Av Alan H Levy
Häftad, 2006
228 kr
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Reorganizing Our Universities
An Inside Look at What Continually Goes Wrong in Higher Education and What Can Be Done About It
Av Alan H. Levy
E-bok, 2006
52 kr
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Many books have been written outlining problems with higher education in America . Many have been written in broad strokes. Where specific, many others have tended to focus on some of the nation''s most famous schools. The average American family sends their children not to the Ivy League but to …
Walter Alston
The Rise of a Manager from the Minors to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Av Alan H. Levy
Häftad, 2021
388 kr
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Walter "Smokey" Alston is best known for his long and successful tenure as manager of the Dodgers--first in Brooklyn, then in Los Angeles. Yet few fans are aware of his years in the minors, where he honed the skills that would make him famous. Raised in rural Ohio, Alston graduated from Miami …
Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1920–1976
Political Passions, Women's Rights, and Congressional Battles
Av Alan H. Levy
Häftad, 2015
758 kr
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The Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1920–1976: Political Passions, Women’s Rights, and Congressional Battles, by Alan H. Levy, marks the first full biography of Bella Abzug. Abzug was one of woman in politics in mid- and late-twentieth-century America. Levy traces the New York City world of …
