Status
Checked out
Collection
Publication
Pocket (1986), 610 pages
Description
Before the team headed to Los Angeles in 1957, the Brooklyn Dodgers were one of the most colorful and beloved teams in baseball. In Bums, best-selling author Peter Golenbock presents a fascinating oral history of baseball heroes and an era gone by.
User reviews
LibraryThing member ksmyth
Peter Golenbock's monument to the Brooklyn Dodgers. He spends some time on the early Dodgers--Casey Stengel, the Daffiness Boys, Pete Reiser and the 40's team. However, most of his attention he lavishes on the Jackie Robinson teams of the late 40's and 50's. Preacher Roe, Don Newcombe, Pee Wee
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Reese, Duke Snider, Carl Furillo, they're all there. The heartbreak of '50 and '52, the triumph of '55, and the betrayal of '58 are all remembered in loving terms. A great story, well told. Show Less
LibraryThing member languagehat
The glorious and inglorious history of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Awards
CASEY Award (Winner — 1984)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
610 p.; 4.25 x 1.25 inches
ISBN
0671554557 / 9780671554552