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Philip Seib is a veteran television & newspaper journalist, covering U.S. & international politics & social issues. He has appeared as a guest analyst on CNN & for several network television affiliates, & his columns appear regularly in "The Dallas Morning News" & the "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel". mehr anzeigen Seib is the author of eleven books. He is the Lucius W. Nieman Professor of Journalism at Marquette University & lives in Brookfield, Wisconsin. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

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Being a life-and-times constructed around the exploits of Mathewson, arguably baseball's greatest pitcher. The book rambles through America's ragtime era even more widely than do most books in the era; the only usable biographical detail concerns Mathewson's schooldays and excruciating last years. The other chapters begin by spotlighting a moment in Mathewson's life--often unrelated to baseball-- and then taking off on a ramble through the religion, politics, sociology, or literature of the day.Life-and-times derives a great deal of its charm from the author casting their net widely, but I felt at times that there was too much gravy and not enough meat here; fine for anyone who has read (and retained) a Mathewson biography, or, conversely, isn't interested in baseball, but perhaps lacking for others.… (mehr)
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