Fenway 1912 : the birth of a ballpark, a championship season, and Fenway's remarkable first year /

For all that has been written in tribute to the great Fenway Park, no one has ever really told the behind the scenes true story of its birth, construction and tumultuous yet glorious first season, 1912. While the paint was still drying and the infield still turning green, the Red Sox embarked on an...

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Main Author: Stout, Glenn, 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
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