Red Sox Century: The Definitive History of Baseball's Most Storied Franchise

by Glenn Stout, Richard A. Johnson

Hardcover. Pub 2005 544 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt The definitive story of the Red Sox a best-selling classic. Now Expanded and updated to include the incredible 2004 season and World Series win In that magic fall of 2004. the Boston Red Sox transformed themselves from an unruly band of self-proclaimed idiots into world champions for the first time in eighty-six years. Their unlikely triumph became known instantly as one of the most thrilling. nerve-racking. and ultimately inspiring sports stories ever. And it also changed the course of history for a franchise that had long been known more for its failures than for its successes. In Red Sox Century. the best of the Sox sages (USA Today Baseball Weekly) chronicle the complete history of this enduring team with authority. insight. and high style. From the team's inception in 1901 and its early peak in 19...

Genres: Baseball, Sports, Nonfiction

515 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Author of the Jazz Age true crime yarn Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid: America's Original Gangster Couple (2021), NY Times bestseller The Pats: An Illustrated History of the New England Patriots (2018) The Selling of the Babe (2016), Fenway 1912 (2012) and Young Woman the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World (2009) currently set up and in development as a major motion picture for Disney +. (ETA 2021). Since becoming a full-time writer in 1993, Glenn Stout has written, ghostwritten or edited 100 books representing sales in excess of two million copies. Stout is also author of The Cubs, The Dodgers, Nine Months at Ground Zero, Yankees Century, Red Sox Century, and has served as Series Editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception. Glenn also consults on a variety of writing projects (books, proposals, Longform narratives). He has won both the Seymour Medal and Ritter Award (twice) by the Society for American Baseball Research, and Yes Se Can! made the 2012 Amelia Bloom list for feminist content. He lives in Vermont.

Reviews

[Todd · Rating 5 out of 5]

All the history and excitement of my favorite team! Probably boring to anyone who doesn't like baseball or the Sox. But I love it.

[Ted Guglielmo · Rating 4 out of 5]

great book for sox fans. the history lesson is amazing