Connie Mack's '29 Triumph : The Rise and Fall of the Philadelphia Athletics Dynasty

Connie Mack's '29 Triumph : The Rise and Fall of the Philadelphia Athletics Dynasty by Kashatus, William C.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780786405855.

The championship 1929 season, the Philadelphia Athletics high point in a vigorous six-year rivalry with the New York Yankees, sealed Connie Macks durable reputation as the paragon of baseball managers. At the advanced age of 66, he had built a team that can be considered to rival the 1927 Yankees as baseballs greatest. This chronicle of the As victorious 1929 season, drawing from contemporary newspaper accounts and interviews, reveals Macks professionalism and remarkable mastery of the game.