Philadelphia Celebrates: Three Great Anniversaries—1876, 1926, 1976 Sports Considering that Vernon played in

Considering that Vernon played in one of the game’s most notable eras

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this long-overdue book is based on extensive interviews with Vernon

He didn’t have an enemy in the world

is the author of sixteen other books

Philadelphia Celebrates: Three Great Anniversaries—1876, 1926, 1976 Sports Considering that Vernon played inPhiladelphia Celebrates describes the planning, financing and staging of the citys three great commemorations of Americas Declaration of Independence. The book reveals the behind the scenes relations and often intense rivalries among the outsized personalities of the organizers of each event. For the Centennial in 1876, these figures included President Ulysses S. Grant, diplomat John Welsh, womens rights activist Susan B. Anthony, and Benjamin