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J. Thomas Hetrick’s self-deprecating and mostly autobiographical collection in chronological and short story format. The book represents his heartfelt thank you to the many individuals he’s met throughout his life. It documents his childhood experiences, family and friends, high school days, military service overseas, employment, and many other writings and milestones. Written for his daughters as a legacy document, Gratitude also includes an homage to his parents and paternal grandparents.

Bearing uncanny similarity to the iron-willed personas of contemporary baseball owners such as Marge Schott and George Steinbrenner, Von der Ahe was embroiled in legal battles and baseball disputes throughout the 1880s that culminated in his own kidnapping and his ballpark being burned to the ground. Such a financial disaster is only one of the many bizarre events discussed in this insightful and evocative biography of one of America’s early baseball owners. Chris Von der Ahe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1867 and settled in St. Louis, Missouri. Starting out as a clerk in...