A Ball Player's Career / Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson
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- A BALL PLAYER'S CAREER
- Being the PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND REMINISCENCES of ADRIAN C. ANSON
- Late Manager and Captain of the Chicago Base Ball Club
- 1900
- To My Father Henry Anson of Marshalltown, Iowa, to whose early training and sound advice I owe my fame
- CHAPTER I. MY BIRTHPLACE AND ANCESTRY.
- CHAPTER II. BOYHOOD DAYS AND MEMORIES.
- CHAPTER III. SOME FACTS ABOUT THE NATIONAL GAME.
- CHAPTER IV. FURTHER FACTS AND FIGURES.
- CHAPTER V. THE GAME AT MARSHALLTOWN.
- CHAPTER VI. MY EXPERIENCE AT ROCKFORD.
- CHAPTER VII. WITH THE ATHLETICS OF PHILADELPHIA.
- CHAPTER VIII. SOME MINOR DIVERSIONS.
- CHAPTER IX. WE BALL PLAYERS GO ABROAD.
- CHAPTER X. THE ARGONAUTS OF 1874.
- CHAPTER XI. I WIN ONE PRIZE AND OTHERS FOLLOW.
- CHAPTER XII. WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
- CHAPTER XIII. FROM FOURTH PLACE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE CHAMPIONS OF THE EARLY EIGHTIES.
- CHAPTER XV. WE FALL DOWN AND CLIMB AGAIN.
- CHAPTER XVI. BALL-PLAYERS EACH AND EVERY ONE.
- CHAPTER XVII. WHILE FORTUNE FROWNS AND SMILES.
- CHAPTER XVIII. FROM CHICAGO TO DENVER.
- CHAPTER XIX. FROM DENVER TO SAN FRANCISCO.
- CHAPTER XX. TWO WEEKS IN CALIFORNIA.
- CHAPTER XXI. WE VISIT THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
- CHAPTER XXII. FROM HONOLULU TO AUSTRALIA.
- CHAPTER XXIII. WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE ANTIPODES.
- CHAPTER XXIV. BASEBALL PLAYING AND SIGHTSEEING IN AUSTRALIA.
- CHAPTER XXV. AFLOAT ON THE INDIAN SEA.
- CHAPTER XXVI. FROM CEYLON TO EGYPT.
- CHAPTER XXVII. IN THE SHADOW OF THE PYRAMIDS.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. UNDER THE BLUE SKIES OF ITALY.
- CHAPTER XXIX. OUR VISIT TO LA BELLE FRANCE.
- CHAPTER XXX. THROUGH ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.
- CHAPTER XXXI. "HOME, SWEET HOME."
- CHAPTER XXXII. THE REVOLT OF THE BROTHERHOOD.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. MY LAST YEARS ON THE BALL FIELD.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. IF THIS BE TREASON, MAKE THE MOST OF IT.
- CHAPTER XXXV. HOW MY WINTERS WERE SPENT.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. WITH THE KNIGHTS OF THE CUE.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEPING.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. L'ENVOI.
- THE END.
- AMOS RUSIE'S PITCHING.
- APPENDIX. SOME NEWSPAPER COMMENTS.
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