"Covey’s wasn’t an easy biography. Sometimes known as the 'Silent Pole'...but Kashatus brought him to life with meticulous research backed by 70 pages of endnotes," writes Jack Smiles for Citizens' Voice. bit.ly/4o7E1Xy
Bill Kashatus is the author of over 20 history books, including the 2021 Indies Book of the Year “William Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia” and books about Dan Flood and Mary Jo Kopechne. But his wheelhouse is baseball history, with an emphasis on Pennsylvania stories. His latest is “Spitballer: Stan Coveleski and the 1920 Cleveland Indians,” published by the University of Nebraska Press. Coveleski, an anthracite breaker boy turned Hall of Fame pitcher from Shamokin, won three games for Cleveland in their 1920 World Series championship. Spitball will go fine on your bookshelf with “One Armed […]
