The era : 1947-1957, when the Yankees, the New York Giants, and the Brooklyn Dodgers ruled the world /

The era : 1947-1957, when the Yankees, the New York Giants, and the Brooklyn Dodgers ruled the world /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kahn, Roger
Imprint:	New York : Ticknor & Fields, 1993.
Description:	372 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	New York Yankees (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century. New York Giants (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century. Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century. Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) New York Giants (Baseball team) New York Yankees (Baseball team) Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century Baseball. United States -- History -- 1945- United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1493451

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ISBN:	0395561558
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Prologue
1.. Leo, Larry, and Jackie, or Notes from the Hookworm Belt
2.. Breakthrough at the Ballyards
3.. A Guy Named Joe
4.. Birth of the Bombers
5.. The Greatest Ballgame Ever Played
6.. Larry's Leavin'; Leo's Weavin'
7.. The Second Coming
8.. The Red and the Black
9.. Field Marshal Casey von Stengel
10.. Scouts, Center Fielders, and Schemers
11.. Monte, Mickey, Clay, and Joe and Marilyn
12.. Recessional
Afterword
Notes and Comment on Sources
A Brief Thanksgiving
Bibliography
Index