The Greatest Ballpark Ever : Ebbets Field and the Story of the Brooklyn Dodgers /

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Generations after its demise, iconic Ebbets Field remains the single most colorful and enduring image of a baseball park, with a treasured niche in the game's legacy and the American imagination. In this lively story of sports, politics, and the talented, hilarious, and charming characters asso...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGee, Bob, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) > History.
Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Statistics.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Essays & Writings.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Hallowed ground
  • Brooklyn owes the charmer
  • A steward in the rough
  • The new ballpark
  • Robins' nest
  • The Daffiness boys
  • Larry and Leo: lights, camera, action
  • Football, fatigues, 4Fs, and FDR
  • Quicksilver and thwarted gold
  • Firing the American imagination
  • Waiting for next year
  • Over the wall
  • Never forgiven, never forgotten.

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