A Place for Summer: a Narrative History of Tiger Stadium [Hardcover]

Richard Bak (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 483 pages
• Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr; 1st edition (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814325122
• ISBN-13: 978-0814325124
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,610,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Book About A Wonderful Place!, December 9, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: A Place for Summer: a Narrative History of Tiger Stadium (Hardcover)

A terrific book all about the history of "The Corner" of Michigan and Trumbull, home of Detroit's Tiger Stadium. Many great stories about all the events that happened there over the past 100+ years (baseball and otherwise). It's a baseball related book of course, but the stadium is the real star here! Hundreds of photos also, many obscure. Great research, and great reading too! The New Tiger Stadium will open in the year 2000, and unfortunately, the fate of the old Tiger Stadium hangs in the balance. Hopefully this piece of serious baseball history will be preserved, but Detroit has a long history of demolishing its history, so time will tell... hopefully it will be saved. It's a wonderfully intimate place to see a ball game, and would make a great place for summer outdoor concerts, celebrity baseball games, etc. Detroit had enough sense to preserve the Fox Theater, maybe that sense will carry over to preserve this "Michigan Historical Site" as well.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great content, photographs and well-researched book., March 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Place for Summer: a Narrative History of Tiger Stadium (Hardcover)

There are many photographs of the many incarnations that this site has gone through in this book. But unlike many sports-related books, there is considerable detail to history, baseball and of course the stadium itself. Edited by two professors from Wayne State University, this book is a through retrospective on the history of Detroit and baseball in general.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A look at the personalities that made Tiger Stadium., July 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Place for Summer: a Narrative History of Tiger Stadium (Hardcover)

Anyone looking for an accurate account on the history of Tiger Stadium and the personalities that played there need to buy this book. It's a must-buy for any Tiger fan and I am anxiously awaiting Bak's new book "The Corner". My only (slight) complaint I have with this book concerns the Detroit Lions. They are included but the personalities aren't fleshed out as well as they are with the Tigers.