The Chicago Cubs Kevin Thompson Carl Bowman examines how and

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The Chicago Cubs Kevin Thompson Carl Bowman examines how andFirst published in 1946, Warren Brown's history of the Cubs, like Frederick G. Lieb's history of the St. Louis Cardinals, was commissioned by G. P. Putnam's Sons. Brown begins with the founding of the National League with the Cubs as a charter member in 1876 and continues through the 1945 World Series, which the Cubs lost to the Detroit Tigers. Brown, of course, covers the Hall of Fame Cub infield of (Joe) Tinker to (Johnny) Evers to (Frank) Chance,