Baseball's Canadian-American League: A History of Its Inception, Franchises, Participants, Locales, Statistics, Demise and Legacy, 1936-1951

by David Pietrusza and David Pietrusza

Book Overview

A Class C minor league during a turbulent 15 years: its stirring history reveals what minor league baseball--indeed, all of baseball--was experiencing. Begun in the Depression, this league saw the coming of night baseball, World War II, the prosperous postwar era, integration, competition with television, and final demise.

And here are the stories of stars in the making: Bob Lemon, Tommy LeSorda, Al Rosen, Lou Burdette, Frank Malzone, Vic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786425296
• ISBN13: 9780786425297
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher