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Illustrations |
ix |
| |
Foreword |
xi |
| |
Acknowledgments |
xv |
| 1 |
Laugh-In |
3 |
| 2 |
The Blahs Turn to Euphoria: 1920-1925 |
17 |
| 3 |
Wars of the Roses: 1926-1931 |
33 |
| 4 |
Tom L's Heirs |
52 |
| 5 |
The Terrible Thirties: 1930-1935 |
72 |
| 6 |
The Yo-Yo Swings Upward: 1935-1940 |
94 |
| 7 |
Things Look Better: 1941-1952 |
120 |
| 8 |
The Undercover Newsprint-Radio Deal |
142 |
| 9 |
Erieview, the Big Mistake: 1953-1962 |
174 |
| 10 |
Three-Base Errors |
189 |
| 11 |
Mr. Cleveland |
200 |
| 12 |
The Long Strike: 1962-1963 |
216 |
| 13 |
Downhill All the Way: 1963-1973 |
227 |
| 14 |
Dream Turns into Disaster: 1967-1971 |
238 |
| 15 |
Up from the Depths, Down Again, Then Up: 1971-1975 |
255 |
| 16 |
The Miracle |
280 |
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Index |
301 |