A Place for Summer: A Narrative History of Tiger Stadium (Great Lakes Books) (Hardcover)

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This is a narrative history of the Tiger Stadium in Detroit, home to the Tigers baseball team. It is a history of the people who owned the stadium, and the games and the teams that played there from its beginnings in the 1850s through to the Tiger's 1997 season.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 483 pages
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press (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 (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #495,174 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 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

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.

3 of 3 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

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AN EXCELLENT BOOK ABOUT A TRULY HISTORIC PLACE, November 18, 2000

By A Customer

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This book is one of the best I have ever read. It truly shows what a special place Tiger Stadium will always be. An excellent narrative and pictoral work of art. This is the best book I have read concerning stadiums and their history. Truly a great book to pass down to future generations. I highly recommend this to anyone who has a passing or a diehard interest in sports or historical buildings. EXCELLENT READING. CUDOS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT.