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Card: Collectors, Con Men, and the True Story of History's Most Desired Baseball Card

Contributor(s): O'Keeffe, Michael (Author), Thompson, Teri (Author)

ISBN: 9780061123931

Publisher: Dey Street Books

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Pub Date: June 17, 2008

Dewey: 796.357075

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.67" H x 8.06" L x 5.24" W ( 0.52 lbs) 272 pages

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Description: Two award-winning sports journalists tell the astonishing story of one of the country's most prized icons--the legendary Honus Wagner baseball card--and bring to light the myths, lore, rumors, and facts that have shaped this card's legend.

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Michael O'Keeffe is an award-winning journalist who is a member of the New York Daily News sports investigation team. He has been a reporter and editor for more than twenty years. A graduate of the University of Colorado, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.

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"Lively and well-researched." - Sports Illustrated.com

"[The Card is] the story of a rare piece of Americana that spans nearly a century and involves scores of diverse lives and shadowy deals." - Daily News

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