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10 de jun. de 2008 · Eliot Tager Asinof was an American writer of fiction and nonfiction best known for his writing about baseball. His most famous book was Eight Men Out, a nonfiction reconstruction of the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
Writer Eliot Asinof was born in Manhattan on July 13, 1919. After graduating from Swarthmore but before joining the Army during World War II, he played minor league baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies' organization. His best-known work was Eight Men Out, which is about the 1919 Black Sox scandal and became a movie in 1988.
3 de mar. de 2019 · In conjunction with SABR’s Eight Myths Out project, here are specific examples of factual errors or misinformation that appear in Eight Men Out, both the 1963 best-selling book written by Eliot Asinof and the 1988 film directed by John Sayles.. Certain entries on this list may seem like pedantic nitpicking: surnames misspelled, Abe Attell’s boxing record exaggerated, erroneous player ...
Eliot Asinof has 35 books on Goodreads with 22152 ratings. Eliot Asinof’s most popular book is Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series.
27 de ago. de 2022 · Asinof, Eliot, 1919-Publication date 1987 Topics Chicago White Sox (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century, World Series (Baseball), Black Sox scandal Publisher New York : Henry Holt Collection printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English.
Eight Men Out. Hardcover – January 1, 1963. by Eliot Asinof (Author) 4.5 698 ratings. See all formats and editions. An incredibly researched book about the famous Black Sox scandal and 1919 World Series, in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox arranged with the nation's leading gamblers to throw the series to the Cincinnati Reds.
Book Details. First published in 1963, Eliot Asinof's Eight Men Out has become a timeless classic of a scandalous world series. The 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 ...
