Author: Bill Veeck
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Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
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ISBN: 1566638283
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Thirty Tons a Day
In between his romances with baseball, in early 1969 Bill Veeck took up the challenge of managing Boston's semi–moribund Suffolk Downs racetrack.Thirty Tons a Day review. "Being of sound mind and in reasonable possession of my faculties," Veeck wrote, "I marshaled my forces, at the tender age of fifty–four, and marched upon the city of Boston, Massachusetts, like a latter–day Ben Franklin, to seek my fame and fortune as the operator of a racetrack. Two years later, fortune having taken one look at my weathered features and shaken its hoary locks, I retreated, smiling gamely."
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Canadian orders Shipped Canada Post ..no duties!!..Local Pick-Up in Oakville Ontario available Hardcover clipped good condition Thirty Tons a Day: The Rough-Riding Education of a Neophyte Racetrack Operator
Bill Veeck's "Thirty Tons A Day." subtitled: The rough-riding education of a neophyte racetrack operator. 1st ed, 1st ptg 1972, Mint in dustjacket. A personal and humorous retelling of Baseball's infamous Bill Veeck's foray into managing a racetrace(Suffolk Downs). 296 pages. Great collectible. . Buyer pays exact postage/packing and insurance(optional). You save when you purchase multiple items that can be shipped together ! Check out our EBAY Store (use link at the top right of this page ), We
Thirty Tons a Day, ISBN-13: 9781566638289, ISBN-10: 1566638283
From dust jacket notes: "'Being of sound mind and in reasonable possession of my faculties, I marshaled my forces, at the tender age of fifty-four, and marched upon the city of Boston, Massachusetts, like a latter-day Ben Franklin, to seek my fame and fortune as the operator of a racetrack. Two years later, fortune having taken one look at my weathered features and shaken its hoary locks, I retreated, smiling gamely.' -Bill Veeck- The title of this book has to do with what its author calls 'the
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"Being of sound mind and in reasonable possession of my faculties," Veeck wrote, "I marshaled my forces, at the tender age of fifty–four, and marched upon the city of Boston, Massachusetts, like a latter–day Ben Franklin, to seek my fame and fortune as the operator of a racetrack. Two years later, fortune having taken one look at my weathered features and shaken its hoary locks, I retreated, smiling gamely."
When he took over the track, Veeck had yet to learn that the normal daily output of some sixteen hundred horses (including straw) would amount to so much, or be so hard to dispose of. But that was the least of his problems. In the tough–minded and Tabasco–tongued prose that is his trademark, Veeck recalls the battles he won and lost, the fun he had, and what he discovered about horse racing at "Sufferin' Downs." It's a zesty, complicated story but a relentlessly fascinating one about the inside workings of one of the most popular sports in America.
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