Wrigleyville: A Magical History Tour of the Chicago Cubs

by Peter Golenbock

Publisher:

St. Martin's Griffin

, 2024

Overview

For celebrated sportswriter Peter Golenbock,Wrigleyville is a symbol of America’s fidelity to its greatest sport.

As he did with classics of sports literature, Bums (a history of the Brooklyn Dodgers) and Dynasty (a history of the New York Yankees), Golenbock turns to a team that has won and broken the hearts of generations of fans; the Chicago Cubs. Utilizing dozens of personal interviews with players, coaches, fans, sportswriters, and clubhouse personnel, as well as out-of-print memoirs by nineteenth-century players, Peter Golenbock has created a perfect gift for every baseball fan: a book that entertains, warms the heart, and touches the soul.

This updated edition includes material on Harry Caray’s death, the magical seasons of Sammy Sosa and Kerry Wood, and the Cubs’ 1998 playoff dive.

Product Details

• Title: Wrigleyville: A Magical History Tour of the Chicago Cubs
• Author: Peter Golenbock
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 588
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781429904803, 9780312156992, 0312156995, 1429904801
• Resource ID: LLS:9781429904803
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-21T17:41:31Z

About Peter Golenbock

Peter Golenbock is one of the nation’s best-known sports authors, and has written some of the best-selling sports books of the last thirty years, including Idiot (with Johnny Damon), Balls (with Graig Nettles), The Bronx Zoo (with Sparky Lyle), Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and Wild, High and Tight: The Life and Death of Billy Martin. Five of his books have been New York Times bestsellers. Golenbock lives in St. Petersburg, Florida. This is his first novel.