Mid-century Brooklyn was the home of the Dodgers, stoop-ball and stick-ball, a booming Coney Island, and some of the best high schools in America. It also had a more somber side: gangs, red-lining, and block-busting. In this spirited evocation, more than one hundred voices reflect on the three decades in the borough between World War II and the ...
The man whom Whitey Herzog recently called "the greatest arm ever to wear spikes" tells of growing up and learning to throw in Alvin, Texas; of players he idolized; of the greats he pitched against; and of the highlights of his career. 30 photos on two 8-page inserts.
After the 2008 season, the seemingly immortal "House That Ruth Built" will shut its gates forever--to be replaced by a brand-new stadium just a homer's length away. This edition brilliantly and beautifully documents Yankee Stadium's entire career through a decade-by-decade account, a priceless collection of historical photographs, and, vivid, ...
These recollections of "old" New York--from after WWII through the 1970s--are by celebrities and high-rollers such as Jimmy Breslin, Jerry Della Femina, Elaine Kaufman, and others who recall the nightspots and their denizens, as well as out-of-the-way neighborhoods. Photographs capture the special mood of places and times past.
Noted oral historian Harvey Frommer joins his son Frederic in collecting interviews and published commentary together with photos to create the first thorough oral history of the "growing up" years of baseball's greatest heroes.
Advance praise for "Five O'Clock Lightning": 'Come along with Harvey Frommer on a jaunty stroll through baseball eighty years ago. The 1927 Yankees may or may not have been the best team ever, but surely this is the best book about that wonderful concentration of talent' - George F. Will. 'Harvey Frommer brings the perceptive eye of a historian to ...
This history of American theater is illuminated here through stories of legendary Broadway actors, playwrights, lyricists, critics, and more, with photographs.
Blending interviews with Rachel Robinson, Mack Robinson, Hall of Famers Monte Irvin, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella, Ralph Kiner, and others, this work evokes the lives of Brooklyn Dodgers manager Branch Rickey and baseball player Jackie Robinson to describe how they worked together to shatter baseball's colour line. It is a dual ...
This treasure trove of Yankee statistics is supplemented by chapters on Yankee stadium, the best and worst teams, and memorable quotes by Casey Stengel, Yogi Berra, and others.
The childhood memoirs of a hundred men and women from ages 22 to 99 combined to create a portrait of Jewish-American life in the 20th century. Includes 50 photographs.
Nearly ninety years have passed since America was rocked by the biggest sports scandal of the twentieth century: the alleged fixing of the 1919 World Series by the Chicago 'Black Sox.' Eight ballplayers from one of the greatest teams ever were banished from baseball forever - despite being found innocent in a court of law - foremost among them the ...
This treasure trove of Yankee statistics is supplemented by chapters on Yankee stadium, the best and worst teams, and memorable quotes by Casey Stengel, Yogi Berra, and others.
Conbining two of Frommer's previous successes, Sports Lingo and Sports Roots, and supplemented with new material, this book will prove to be indispensable to nay sports enthusiast wishing to settle an argument, decipher a mysterious call, or simply persue for his or her enjoyment.
The childhood memoirs of a hundred men and women from ages 22 to 99 combined to create a portrait of Jewish-American life in the 20th century. Includes 50 photographs.
Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry covers nearly a century's worth of epic battles on and off the baseball field between these age-old rivals. Featuring exclusive interviews with former governors Mario Cuomo of New York and Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, former press secretary Ari Fleischer, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, ...
?Yankee fans who can?t learn enough about their favorite team will think they died and went to heaven with all that Frommer offers on each page.? -Publishers Weekly This newly updated album captures 106 years of Yankee life in pictures, stats, words and reflections. From their beginning as the New York Highlanders, playing in Manhattan's Hilltop ...
Frommer's latest book takes us to the birthplace of America's most beloved sport. Starting from baseball's humble beginnings, Frommer vividly introduces the reader to the trailblazing personalities that shaped baseball's history. From the first games in Madison, New York to the rise of the National League, Frommer vividly recreates the energy of ...
Behind the Lines provides a frank look at professional football as it is really played--what happens on the field, in the huddle, on the sidelines, and in the locker room, including "all the good stuff the fan never on TV". 16 pages of photographs. National newspaper syndiction.
Tony Dorsett's success includes a Super Bowl ring, a Heisman Trophy, NCAA rushing records, and a brilliant pro career. Self-proclaimed "maverick, (the) guy who didn't fit the system . . . who couldn't be made into a clone", Dorsett is still one of the game's most outspoken and controversial figures. Photographs.
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