{"product_id":"used-very-good-eight-men-out-the-black-sox-and-the-1919-world-series-eliot-asinof-paperback","title":"Used - Very Good | Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series -- Eliot Asinof, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: Used - Very Good.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is one pre-owned copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good. Light wear to the cover and edges. Binding tight; pages clean with at most very limited markings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1963, Eliot Asinof's Eight Men Out has become a timeless classic of a scandalous world series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as \"the most gigantic sporting swindle in the history of America!\" Eliot Asinof has reconstructed the entire scene-by-scene story of the fantastic scandal in which eight Chicago White Sox players arranged with the nation's leading gamblers to throw the Series in Cincinnati. Mr. Asinof vividly describes the tense meetings, the hitches in the conniving, the actual plays in which the Series was thrown, the Grand Jury indictment, and the famous 1921 trial. Moving behind the scenes, he perceptively examines the motives and backgrounds of the players and the conditions that made the improbable fix all too possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere, too, is a graphic picture of the American underworld that managed the fix, the deeply shocked newspapermen who uncovered the story, and the war-exhausted nation that turned with relief and pride to the Series, only to be rocked by the scandal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFar more than a superbly told baseball story, this is a compelling slice of American history in the aftermath of World War I and at the cusp of the Roaring Twenties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Eliot Asinof\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Holt Paperbacks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2000\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780805065374\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eliot Asinof","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68076853264612,"sku":"FRK000001391","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/71DwNqYouQS.jpg?v=1793625899","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/used-very-good-eight-men-out-the-black-sox-and-the-1919-world-series-eliot-asinof-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}