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Randall Sullivan

Biography

Randall Sullivan

Randall Sullivan was a contributing editor to Rolling Stone for over 20 years. He is the author of GRAVEYARD OF THE PACIFIC, DEAD WRONG, THE PRICE OF EXPERIENCE, LABYRINTH, THE MIRACLE DETECTIVE and UNTOUCHABLE. His work has been published in, among many other places, Wired, Esquire, Outside, Men’s Journal, Washington Post and the Guardian. He lives in Oregon.

Randall Sullivan

Books by Randall Sullivan

The First All-Star Game: Babe Ruth, FDR, and America at the Crossroads
by Randall Sullivan - History, Nonfiction, Sports

1933. America was still reeling from the crash. Optimism was fading --- and baseball was in trouble, too. Owners slashed budgets, and fans stayed home. The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt offered hope, but just days before his inauguration, five shots rang out --- missing the president-elect, killing the mayor of Chicago, and setting in motion a chain of events that eventually would bring together the world’s best ballplayers for the first All-Star Game. At a moment when some feared the national pastime would not survive the decade, Chicago would host the ballgame as the highlight of the 1933 World’s Fair. The city hoped to shed its reputation as a haven for gamblers and gangsters and help restore America’s standing on the world stage. But dark clouds were gathering abroad.