All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. The gashouse gang and a couple of other guys stockton, j. This is a fun, easy book to read that covered the 1934 pennant race and world series with dizzy dean as the centerpiece of the book. Louis cardinals, filled with largerthanlife baseball personalities like branch rickey, leo durocher, pepper martin, casey stengel, satchel paige, frankie frisch, and,especially, the eccentric good ol boy and great pitcher dizzy dean. Louis native and longtime cardinals fan, clearly has a personal connection to the 1934 championship team, but he removes himself from the narrative. They are the 1993 international champions of the barbershop harmony society. Louis magazine, and has written several books including the gashouse gang. This time of year i like to read a baseball book, so when i saw the history book club offered a book called the gashouse gang by john heidenry, i jumped at the chance. Heidenry the boys who were left behind offers a thorough if occasionally dry account of the. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide. Just finished the gashouse gang, by john heidenry, and id highly recommend it.
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