When the lights came on again after World War II, they illuminated a New York eager for action. The author tells how the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers-with their rivalries, their successes, and their stars-provided that action. New Afterword by the Author; photographs.
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In this nostalgic but often tedious book, Frommer chronicles 11 remarkable years when the Yankees, the Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers won 17 pennants and nine World Series among them. Photos.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"A most delightful, a most delectable book. -- WOR-Radio, NY
"A terrific book, reads like a Fellini movie." -- WNBC-Radio, NY
"A well-written, tight and amusing chronicle. A fine special study of an era and a phenomenon." -- Library Journal
"A wonderfully written, evocative book." -- Roger Kahn
"An excellent book that brings back the humanness of the Dodgers, the Giants and the Yankees. We shall not have such an era again except in such loving books as this one." -- Red Barber
"I thoroughly enjoyed reading Harvey Frommer's account of it." -- Robert Creamer, Sports Illustrated
"It''ll make you eat your heart out and drown in nostalgia." -- Staten Island Avance
"Memory after memory page after page. I enjoyed it very much." -- Peter Golenbock
"No red-blooded baseball fan will want to be without it. A genuine social history of New York sports in l947 to l957. A compulsively fascinating book." -- Newsday
"Thorough, complete, well-written history." -- Daily Press, Newport News, VA
"A terrific book, reads like a Fellini movie." -- WNBC-Radio, NY
"A well-written, tight and amusing chronicle. A fine special study of an era and a phenomenon." -- Library Journal
"A wonderfully written, evocative book." -- Roger Kahn
"An excellent book that brings back the humanness of the Dodgers, the Giants and the Yankees. We shall not have such an era again except in such loving books as this one." -- Red Barber
"I thoroughly enjoyed reading Harvey Frommer's account of it." -- Robert Creamer, Sports Illustrated
"It''ll make you eat your heart out and drown in nostalgia." -- Staten Island Avance
"Memory after memory page after page. I enjoyed it very much." -- Peter Golenbock
"No red-blooded baseball fan will want to be without it. A genuine social history of New York sports in l947 to l957. A compulsively fascinating book." -- Newsday
"Thorough, complete, well-written history." -- Daily Press, Newport News, VA
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New York City Baseball tells about how the Dodgers, Giants and Yankees dominated the late 40's and early 50's baseball.I really enjoyed the opening chapters discussing the reasons for the departure of the Giants and Dodgers to the west coast. It made me feel really in on the move. The rest of the books talks about the feuds, history and outcomes of the seasons metioned. Frommer is a gifted writer and it was a pity that the book had to end. There are some neat photos and I would reccommend this book right up there with Dynasty (about the Yankees).
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Don't hesitate to buy this marvelous book. It told with an exact and actually atmosphere everything about NYC baseball... when the Giants were called 'Polo Grounders' and the Dodgers 'Da Bums'. The dramatic move also is well explained.
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On the fifth day of August, 1955, with the Brooklyn Dodgers in first place, fourteen games in the lead and driving to their third pennant in five years, their first world championship, a New York Times front-page story noted that the National League had granted permission for the scheduling of eight Dodger games for 1956 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ebbets Field, New York City, World Series, National League, Jackie Robinson, Polo Grounds, Yankee Stadium, Los Angeles, Brooklyn Dodgers, American League, Stan Lomax, Sal Maglie, Willie Mays, Casey Stengel, Monte Irvin, Branch Rickey, Eddie Lopat, Pee Wee Reese, Red Barber, Bobby Thomson, Leo Durocher, Red Sox, United States, Jack Lang, San Francisco New!
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On the fifth day of August, 1955, with the Brooklyn Dodgers in first place, fourteen games in the lead and driving to their third pennant in five years, their first world championship, a New York Times front-page story noted that the National League had granted permission for the scheduling of eight Dodger games for 1956 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ebbets Field, New York City, World Series, National League, Jackie Robinson, Polo Grounds, Yankee Stadium, Los Angeles, Brooklyn Dodgers, American League, Stan Lomax, Sal Maglie, Willie Mays, Casey Stengel, Monte Irvin, Branch Rickey, Eddie Lopat, Pee Wee Reese, Red Barber, Bobby Thomson, Leo Durocher, Red Sox, United States, Jack Lang, San Francisco New!
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- Jackie Robinson (What Was It Like?) by Lawrence Weinberg on 6 pages
- Jackie Robinson (On My Own Biographies) by Sally M. Walker on 6 pages
- New York Giants by Julian May on 4 pages
- Jackie Robinson (Black American Series) by Richard Scott on page 34, page 68, and page 115
- Jackie Robinson (Sports Immortals) by William R. Sanford on page 64, and page 79
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- Brooklyn's Dodgers: The Bums, the Borough, and the Best of Baseball, 1947-1957 by Carl E. Prince in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Taking on the Yankees: Winning and Losing in the Business of Baseball, 1903 to 2003 by Henry D. Fetter in Back Matter
- A Lifetime of Yankee Octobers by Sal Maiorana in Back Matter
- Baseball and the Game of Ideas: Essays for the Serious Fan (Sporting Life Series) by Peter C. Bjarkman in Back Matter
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