From the critically acclaimed authors of Red Sox Century and Yankees Century, the definitive narrative history of the Chicago Cubs: They were Americas most successful baseball club at the turn of the twentieth century, but at the turn of this century the Cubs have not won a World Series in nearly one hundred years. Yet, the Cubs have some of the most devoted fans in all of sport. Glenn Stout chronicles the long, rich, counterintuitive history of this team in all its depth, nuance, and color, including: A rare look at Chicagos early baseball history in the 1860s and 1870s The magical 1906 season--116 wins, the most in MLB history Ernie Bankss legendary career 1969s heartbreaking loss to the Amazin Mets The tumultuous ownership reign of chewing-gum magnate Phillip Wrigley and his son William Sammy Sosas sixty-plus home runsand later corked bat and steroids allegations The true story behind the Curse of the Billy Goat--what has really cursed the Cubs. Complementing the text are more than two hundred gorgeous black-and-white photographs as well as essays by noted Cubs chroniclers, including Scott Turow, William Nack, Rick Telander, Penny Marshall, Mike Royko, and more. A must-have for Cubs fans past and present, The Cubs tells the complete story in a single narrative for the first time since 1945.