Swish Nicholson: A Biography of Wartime Baseball's Leading Slugger

by Robert A. Greenberg

This is the first biography of Bill "Swish" Nicholson, a Cubs favorite and baseball's top slugger during the World War II era. Only days out of college in 1936, Nicholson went straight to the majors, putting in a brief appearance for Connie Mack's Philadelphia A's before he was optioned to the minors. His contract eventually purchased by the Cubs, Nicholson spent 10 years on the North Side of Chicago, where he would claim National League home run...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786432748
• ISBN13: 9780786432745
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher