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Honus Wagner: A Biography

by Dennis DeValeria, Jeanne Burke DeValeria · 1996

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Discusses the life and career of the famed baseball player, from his early days in the mines of western Pennsylvania through his induction into the Hall of Fame.

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medium · 352 pages

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