Before the Ivy: The Cubs' Golden Age in Pre-Wrigley Chicago

by Laurent Pernot

Book Overview

All Cub fans know from heartbreak and curse-toting goats. Fewer know that, prior to moving to the north side in 1916, the team fielded powerhouse nines that regularly claimed the pennant. Before the Ivy offers a grandstand seat to a golden age:

- BEHOLD the 1871 team as it plays for the title in nine different borrowed uniforms after losing everything in the Great Chicago Fire

- ATTEND West Side Grounds at Polk and Wolcott with its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252080289
• ISBN13: 9780252080289
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"