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Copyright © 1995 by Charles C. Alexander

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Published in Canada by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd., 195 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario L3R 4T8.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Alexander, Charles C.

Rogers Hornsby: a biography / Charles C. Alexander.—1st ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Hornsby, Rogers, 1896–1963. 2. Baseball players—United States—Biography. I. Title.

GV865.H6A32     1995

796.357'092—dc20

[B]

95-3841

CIP

ISBN 0-8050-2002-0

ISBN 0-8050-4697-6 (An Owl Book: pbk.)

First published in hardcover in 1995 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc.

First Owl Book Edition—1996

Frontispiece: Rogers Hornsby in 1921.

(National Baseball Library and Archive, Cooperstown, N.Y.)

eISBN 9781466856189

First eBook edition: October 2013