"The amazing true story of the men on Wyoming's death row in the nineteen-teens who believed they'd be granted reprieves as long as they kept winning baseball games"--
The amazing true story of the men on Wyomings death row in the nineteen-teens who believed theyd be granted reprieves as long as they kept winning baseball games.
It was the golden age of baseball, and all over the country teams gathered on town fields in front of throngs of fans to compete for local glory. In Rawlins, Wyoming, residents lined up for tickets to see slugger Joseph Seng and the rest of the Wyoming Penitentiary Death Row All Stars as they took on all comers in baseball games with considerably more at stake. Teams came from Reno, Nevada; Klamath Falls, Oregon; Bodie, California; and throughout the west to take on the murderers who made up the line-up. This is a fun and wildly dramatic and suspenseful look at the game of baseball and at the thrilling events that unfolded at a prison in the wide-open Wyoming frontier in pursuit of wins on the diamond.
The amazing true story of the men on Wyomings death row in the nineteen-teens who believed theyd be granted reprieves as long as they kept winning baseball games.
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| Foreword |
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| Introduction |
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Chapter Two The Captain and the Critic |
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Chapter Three Outlaw in the Infield |
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Chapter Four Home at the Crossbar Hotel |
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Chapter Five Path to Righteousness |
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Chapter Six Betting on a Win |
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Chapter Seven Nothing but the Game |
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Chapter Eight Dead Man at Bat |
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Chapter Nine Seng at the Gallows |
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Chapter Ten The Last Inning |
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| Epilogue |
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| Notes |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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| About the Authors |
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Howard Kazanjian is an author and award-winning producer and entertainment executive who has been producing feature films and television programs for more than twenty-five years. While vice president of production for Lucasfilm Ltd., he produced two of the highest grossing films of all time: Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. He also managed production of another top-ten box-office hit, The Empire Strikes Back. Some of his other notable credits include The Rookies, Demolition Man, and the two-hour pilot and first season of J.A.G.Chris Enss is an author and award-winning screen writer who has written for television, short subject films, live performances, and for the movies, and is the co-author or author of more than twenty-five books, including The Cowboy and the Senorita; Happy Trails; The Young Duke; and Thunder Over the Prairiesoon to be a motion picture with Howard Kazanjian. Her recent books include Frontier Teachers: Stories of Heroic Women of the Old West and The Doctor Wore Petticoats. Enss has done everything from stand-up comedy to working as a stunt person at the Old Tucson Movie Studio. She learned the basics of writing for film and television at the University of Arizona.
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