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Bill Veeck, Ed Linn, Bob Verdi: Veeck—As In Wreck (2001, University of Chicago Press)

Bill Veeck was an inspired team builder, a consummate showman, and one of the greatest …

I have never objected to being called vulgar. The word, as I never tired of pointing out to my tireless critics, comes from the Latin vulgaris, which means—students?—"the common people." I am so darn vulgar that I will probably never get into Valhalla

— Veeck—As In Wreck by , , (Page 20)