Bøker av John C. Skipper

The 1912 presidential election is the only one in American history in which candidates included a president, a former president and a future president. This volume offers an analysis of this historic election campaign.

Barry Goldwater was a staunch conservative more interested in advancing the conservative cause than running for president. A "Draft Goldwater" campaign three years in the making catapulted him to the Republican nomination in 1964, despite bitter opposition within the party. This is the story of the 1964 Republican convention and the beginnings of the modern conservative movement.

Frank Robinson was one of the greatest baseball players of the 20th century. He was Rookie of the Year in 1956, won the Triple Crown in 1966, led the Baltimore Orioles to four World Series appearances, and is the only player to be voted MVP in both the American and National leagues. He became the first black manager in both leagues and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1982. This is the story of a man who "crowded the plate” in all aspects of his baseball life.

Charles ""Dazzy"" Vance became known as the strike out king after leading the National League in strikeouts seven years in a row. Although this famed baseball pitcher started with his rookie year at age 31, he retired at age 44 without achieving his goal of winning 200 games. This biography covers the life of Vance.

When in 1911 Phillies pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander set the National League record for wins by a rookie (28), it was a sign of things to come. This biography sheds light on the pitcher and the man, focusing on Alexander's personal life, especially his complex relationship with his wife, Aimee, as well as their marriages and divorces.

A biographical dictionary that includes entries based on interviews, data and anecdotes from owners, coaches, and players on the more than 600 men who have managed major league teams over the past 125 years. It contains listings of managers of 1,000 games or more, managers with one-game careers, and managers with the most wins.

In the summer of 1964, three forces converged at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, each with the potential to shake the moorings of traditional democracy: the all-white segregationist delegation from Mississippi, a mostly black delegation determined to unseat the segregationists, and President Lyndon Johnson, who had signed the civil rights bill but wanted to avoid trouble that could jeopardize his chances of carrying the South in the November election. These groups struggled to reach a "compromise" that in the end epitomized sheer political power and its consequences. By examining the motivations of those involved, this work explores how American politics and the civil rights movement clashed at the convention, how the federal government felt compelled to spy on its own people for purely political purposes, and how this interlude changed the political landscape for generations.

Charlie Gehringer is regarded by many as the best two-strike hitter of all time. This work follows Gehringer's career from the day a scout spotted him on the sandlots of Michigan in 1923 to his induction into the Hall of Fame in 1949 and into his life after baseball.

Billy Southworth was the most successful major league baseball manager of the 1940s including the three straight years in which his St. Louis Cardinal teams won more than 100 games. He won three National League pennants with the Cardinals and one with the Boston Braves, and his .597 winning percentage is the fifth highest in baseball history. But Southworth was dogged by demons off the field, including the deaths of three children. On the field, his achievements were minimized by many because they occurred during the war years when the baseball talent level was below par. When he finally got top recognition, being elected to the Hall of Fame in 2007, the honor occurred 38 years after his death.