Honus Wagner and His Pittsburgh Pirates : Scenes from a Golden Era

Honus Wagner's spectacular baseball career spanned 21 seasons from 1897 through 1917. Widely considered the greatest shortstop in baseball history, Wagner won eight National League batting titles and helped win the pennant four times for his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates. This book assembles the many stories about Wagner that circulated among his teammates, opposing players, writers and fans - reminiscences that define both his career and his life as a citizen in the Pittsburgh suburb of Carnegie.