Picture 1 of 14
Gallery
Picture 1 of 14
Have one to sell?
When Panthers Roared : The Fort Worth Cats and Minor League Baseball by Bobby...
US $19.50
ApproximatelyRM 82.40
Condition:
“Tight cover, clean text and very good dust jacket. (136)”
Very Good
A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
Shipping:
Free Economy Shipping.
Located in: Grand Prairie, Texas, United States
Delivery:
Estimated between Mon, 25 Aug and Wed, 27 Aug
Returns:
30 days return. Seller pays for return shipping.
Coverage:
Read item description or contact seller for details. See all detailsSee all details on coverage
(Not eligible for eBay purchase protection programmes)
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:204980661960
Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Tight cover, clean text and very good dust jacket. (136)”
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Illustrated
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780875652054
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
TCU Press
ISBN-10
0875652050
ISBN-13
9780875652054
eBay Product ID (ePID)
280797
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
134 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
When Panthers Roared : the Fort Worth Cats and Minor League Baseball
Subject
United States / State & Local / General, Baseball / History
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Sports & Recreation, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
30.5 Oz
Item Length
11.3 in
Item Width
8.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
99-037803
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
796.357/64/097645315
Synopsis
From 1889 to 1964, the Fort Worth Panthers--unofficially nicknamed and always known as the Cats--represented the essence of baseball in America. In their early seasons they reflected the outraged pride of the South and West in a bitter rivalry with the northeastern baseball powers, a regional disaffection whose roots stretched back to the Civil War. (The first official baseball game in Texas was played just after the war; the competing Texas teams were nicknamed the Stonewall Jacksons and the R. E. Lees). The Cats franchise was finally dissolved when major league baseball completed its national expansion by placing a team in nearby Arlington. In between, the Cats set professional sports records that have never been equaled, including winning the Texas League title six years in a row and establishing themselves as perhaps the most famous minor league team in baseball history. From vintage Panthers such as power-hitting first baseman Clarence "Big Boy" Kraft and colorful Hall-of-Fame manager Rogers Hornsby to more modern Cats heroes such as Duke Snider, Carl Erskine, and Maury Wills, Fort Worth and the baseball-obsessed Southwest formed a high profile partnership that even survived a season when the spectator stands burned one day and the playing field was flooded a week later. Cats fans wouldn't be denied; they sat around the field on folding chairs, and no games were postponed. Partially oral history, When Panthers Roared includes interviews with baseball greats Hank Aaron, Wally Moon, Dick Williams, Maury Wills, and co-author Bobby Bragan. Williams and Wills were Cats mainstays; Bragan managed the team during its great post-WW II years when baseball guru Branch Rickey made Fort Worth part of the Brooklyn Dodger farm system and stocked it with his finest young athletes. But during the Cats heyday, there were just sixteen major league teams who played out of ten U.S. cities. When Panthers Roared captures the excitement and pride the minor-league Cats brought to Texas and the Southwest. It was a time when, Bobby Bragan insists, "any man lucky enough to be a Fort Worth Cat was as proud of that as he would have been to play for the New York Yankees." When Panthers Roared is lavishly illustrated through the cooperation of Mark Presswood, whose sports collection features Cats memorabilia. Additional short interviews feature the late Joe DiMaggio, Vincent Devaney, and Leo Durocher., From 1889 to 1964, the Fort Worth Panthers--unofficially nicknamed and always known as the Cats--represented the essence of baseball in America. In their early seasons they reflected the outraged pride of the South and West in a bitter rivalry with the northeastern baseball powers, a regional disaffection whose roots stretched back to the Civil War. (The first official baseball game in Texas was played just after the war; the competing Texas teams were nicknamed the Stonewall Jacksons and the R. E. Lees). The Cats franchise was finally dissolved when major league baseball completed its national expansion by placing a team in nearby Arlington.
LC Classification Number
GV875.F67G85 1999
Item description from the seller
Seller feedback (1,618)
- y***r (2378)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchasegood seller. no complaints
- g***g (1828)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseBook arrived in great condition, thank you
- 0***y (376)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseIn great shape. As described. Thank you
More to explore :
- The Cat in the Hat Fiction Picture Books Books,
- Nonfiction Books Fiction & Bobby Flay,
- Baseball Antiquarian & Collectible Books,
- Nonfiction Books Fiction & Minority Studies,
- The Cat in the Hat Fiction Learning to Read Picture Books Books,
- Baseball Hardcover Nonfiction Books,
- Sports Nonfiction Baseball Fiction & Nonfiction Books,
- Nonfiction Books Signed Fiction & Baseball,
- Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat Fiction Picture Books Books,
- Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat Fiction Fiction & Nonfiction Books