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The year St. Louis became a baseball town : the cardinals, babe ruth, and the 1926 world series /

One hundred years ago, a legendary upset of Babe Ruth's Yankees changed a city forever. Former White House reporter and St. Louis native Terry Lemons recovers the forgotten stories that turned St. Louis into a baseball town.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lemons, Terry (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Charleston, SC : The History Press, an imprint of Arcadia Publishing, 2026.
Series:	Sports
Subjects:	St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team) > History. St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team) > Miscellanea. Baseball > United States > History. Baseball > Missouri > Saint Louis > History.

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