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The First AllStar Game: Babe Ruth, Fdr And America At The Crossroads
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Acclaimed Journalist Randall Sullivan Tells The Story Of Baseball In America, From Its RoughAndTumble Origins Through The First Decades Of The Twentieth Century And Into The Pivotal Summer Of 1933When National Crisis And A SportS Fight For Survival Converged In BaseballS First AllStar Game1933. America Was Still Reeling From The Crash. Breadlines Stretched Around City Blocks, And Shantytowns Sprawled In The Shadows Of Skyscrapers. American Optimism Was FadingAnd Baseball Was In Trouble, Too. Owners Slashed Budgets, Fans Stayed Home, And Even The Mighty Babe Ruth Seemed To Have Lost Some Of His Magic. The Election Of Franklin D. Roosevelt Offered Hope, But Just Days Before His Inauguration, Five Shots Rang OutMissing The PresidentElect, Killing The Mayor Of Chicago, And Setting In Motion A Chain Of Events That Would Eventually Bring Together The WorldS Best Ballplayers For The First AllStar Game.It Was A NewspapermanS Idea: The Game Of The Century. Put The WorldS Best Players On One Field And Let The Public Decide Who Belonged There. At A Moment When Some Feared The National Pastime Would Not Survive The Decade, Chicago Would Host The Ballgame As The Highlight Of The 1933 WorldS Fair. The City Hoped To Shed Its Reputation As A Haven For Gamblers And Gangsters And Help Restore AmericaS Standing On The World Stage. But Abroad, Dark Clouds Were Gathering. Hitler Was GermanyS New Chancellor, And Mussolini Had Consolidated His Power. As Visitors Strolled The Fairgrounds, Italian Warplanes Flew Overhead, And A Zeppelin Sent By The German Delegation Circled The City Emblazoned With A Swastika.The First AllStar Game Is The Story Of A Nation And A Sport At A Crossroads, And A Sweeping Look Back At BaseballS Early History And The America That Shaped It. Deeply Researched And Filled With Remarkable CharactersLegendary Players Like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, And Lefty Grove Rubbing Shoulders With Bonnie And Clyde, Al Capone, And Charles LindberghRandall Sullivan Explores The History Of An American Obsession And Captures The Moment When Both The Sport And The Nation Found Renewal In A Single Spectacle Of Hope.
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