Summer of Palms: The story of John Wall Hendry and Fort Myers' first professional baseball club

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Ken Breen James L Gates, Jr

Summer of Palms

The story of John Wall Hendry and Fort Myers' first professional baseball club

Ken Breen, James L Gates, Jr

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English

Ken Breen
22 May 2024

Baseball

Summer of Palms takes the reader back to a time when communities placed a high priority on having a professional baseball club for the publicity and entertainment it brought to a city. This comprehensive research work frames the story of the 1926 Fort Myers Palms minor league baseball team within the story of John Wall Hendry, a young, energetic, Fort Myers real estate dealer who was intensely passionate about baseball. Leveraging the wealth he accumulated during the Florida land boom, Hendry secured a professional baseball franchise for the City of Fort Myers. In 1926, the Palms won more games than any team in the Florida State League! When poor attendance at their home games at Terry Park led to financial difficulties the team tried everything from merchant day promotions to hosting boxing matches to make ends meet. Faced with the real possibility of losing the franchise, the Lions club intervened, raising money to keep the team in Fort Myers.

Citing primary sources of the day, Summer of Palms includes comprehensive player and team statistics compiled from the box scores of each game and includes information about members of the Fort Myers Palms baseball club before and after the 1926 season.

By: Ken Breen
Foreword by: James L Gates Jr
Imprint: Ken Breen
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 358g
ISBN: 9798218409807
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 22 May 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Librarian Emeritus, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Reviews for Summer of Palms: The story of John Wall Hendry and Fort Myers' first professional baseball club

Gobsmacked! Thunderstruck! Awed! Nearly two decades ago as a Fort Myers News-Press sportswriter I wrote a local history story about a murky and forgotten minor-league baseball team called the Fort Myers Palms. I barely scratched the surface of that history. Author Ken Breen has gone far deeper and with more insight than my story ever got close to approaching. In ""Summer of Palms"" he has re-created a long-ago era and team that many know nothing about. Now, you can learn that rich history. Glenn Miller, past president Southwest Florida Historical Society