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Harry Caray is one of the most famous and beloved sports broadcasters of all time, with a career that lasted over 50 years. Always a baseball enthusiast, Caray once vowed to become a broadcaster who was the true voice of the fans. Caray's distinctive style soon resonated across St. Louis, then Chicago, and eventually across the nation.
In The Legendary Harry Caray: Baseball's Greatest Salesman, Don Zminda delivers the first full-length biography of Caray since his death in 1998. It includes details of Caray's orphaned childhood, his 25 years as the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals, his tempestuous 11 years broadcasting games for the Chicago White Sox, and the 16 years he broadcast for the Chicago Cubs while also becoming a nationally-known celebrity. Interviews with significant figures from Caray's life are woven throughout, from his widow Dutchie and grandson Chip to broadcasters Bob Costas, Thom Brennaman, Dewayne Staats, Pat Hughes, and more.
Caray was known during his final years as a beloved, often-imitated grandfather figure with the Cubs, but the story of his entire career is much more nuanced and often controversial. Featuring new information on Caray's lifeāincluding little-known information about his firing by the Cardinals and his feuds with players, executives, and fellow broadcastersāthis book provides an intimate and in-depth look at a broadcasting legend.
In The Legendary Harry Caray: Baseball's Greatest Salesman, Don Zminda delivers the first full-length biography of Caray since his death in 1998. It includes details of Caray's orphaned childhood, his 25 years as the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals, his tempestuous 11 years broadcasting games for the Chicago White Sox, and the 16 years he broadcast for the Chicago Cubs while also becoming a nationally-known celebrity. Interviews with significant figures from Caray's life are woven throughout, from his widow Dutchie and grandson Chip to broadcasters Bob Costas, Thom Brennaman, Dewayne Staats, Pat Hughes, and more.
Caray was known during his final years as a beloved, often-imitated grandfather figure with the Cubs, but the story of his entire career is much more nuanced and often controversial. Featuring new information on Caray's lifeāincluding little-known information about his firing by the Cardinals and his feuds with players, executives, and fellow broadcastersāthis book provides an intimate and in-depth look at a broadcasting legend.
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersYear
2019eBook ISBN
9781538112953Edition
1Table of contents
- Title Page
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Man Who Wasnāt There
- Early Days
- Voice of the Cardinals
- Changing Times
- New Partners
- KMOX
- Up and Downs
- Glory Days
- End of an Era
- Siberia
- New Man in Town
- South Side Blues
- A Tumultuous Year
- Harry, Jimmy, and Bill
- Demolition
- Eddie and Jerry and Harry and Jimmy
- Harry Heads North
- Superstar of the Superstation
- Stroke and Recovery
- The Mayor of Rush Street
- North Side versus South Side
- Slips, Strikes, and Controversies
- Last Call
- A Long Goodbye
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author