Information Commissioner Richard Thomas; Letitia Trent; David James Keaton; Damien Angelica Walters; Kevin Catalano Dark House Press (2015) Pehmeäkantinen kirja
The first decade of the 20th century saw many firsts from the first World Series baseball game to the first Indianapolis 500 auto race. This second edition of 1900 1919 is fully revised, and for the first time, contains full-color photographs. Highlights include:
The first Rose Bowl game in 1902
The first World Series in 1903
Jack Johnson becoming the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion in 1908
The first Indianapolis 500 auto race in 1911
Jim Thorpe's amazing year in 1912
Tennis champ and survivor of the 1912 Titanic sinking Richard Williams coming back to win the U.S. Tennis Championship in 1914
The launch of the National Hockey League in 1918
The 1919 Black Sox scandal, in which players on the Chicago White Sox fixed the World Series.
