About this title: "Forging Genius" combats the impression that Casey Stengel was merely a clown who lucked into success with a powerful Yankees dynasty. Steven Goldman documents Stengel's learning experience of bad breaks with bad teams and demonstrates how these failures put him in position to succeed with the Yankees. Stengel was much more than a funnyman, ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781574888744ISBN:1574888749
Description: Very Good. Item is mailed from New York within 48 hours, and takes about 4-10 days to arrive within the USA. International Orders may take 7-14 days. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Date Published: 5/17/2005
ISBN-13:9781574888737ISBN:1574888730
Description: New. 1574888730 New & Unread Book Not Remainder Marked-May Have Slight Handling Wear From Bookstore Shelf-Instock For Immediate Shipping. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Date Published: 10/31/2006
ISBN-13:9781574888744ISBN:1574888749
Description: New. 1574888749 New & Unread Book Not Remainder Marked-May Have Slight Handling Wear From Bookstore Shelf-Instock For Immediate Shipping. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Date Published: 2006-10-31
ISBN-13:9781574888744ISBN:1574888749
Description: Like New. New unused paperback with remainder mark on bottom page edge. No other wear, marks or damage inside or out. Binding tight and square with no spine creases. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Date Published: 2005-05-17
ISBN-13:9781574888737ISBN:1574888730
Description: Like New. Very light wear to DJ--otherwise, appears unused. Cover and interior are bright and lovely. NO writing, folds or tears. Tight binding. A beautiful book! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Date Published: 2005-05-17
ISBN-13:9781574888737ISBN:1574888730
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardbound book in very good condition. Cover has slight wear at corners and spine ends. Dust jacket is in very good condition with faint edge wear. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. "Goldman solves a mystery that seemingly baffled Stengel's contemporaries: how the same man could be so goofy and so smart at the same time. In the process, Goldman reveals an unprecedented vision of one man's lifelong pursuit of genius on the baseball diamond. " I ... read more
Description: 2005. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback with dust jacket, 301 pages with index. Small mark on bottom page edge. Text clean. Binding solid. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Potomac Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781574888737ISBN:1574888730
Description: As New in As New jacket. 1st Edition 1st printing, looks and feels unused, hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition, no marks or blemishes, binding tight, dust jacket (not price-clipped) is bright and glossy. read more
Description: New. 1574888730 Baseball insiders were stunned when Casey Stengel was named manager of the New York Yankees for 1949. His work managing the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves was long on personality but remarkably short on success. The media thought the Yankees would never be able to compete with the Red Sox or Indians with "that clown" in charge. Indeed, at first the Yankees looked like a banged-up bunch of also-rans, not like a team about to embark on five straight championships. Yet Stengel ... read more
Description: New in new dust jacket. Gift-Quality. Available for immediate dispatch. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 303 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Forging Genius gives insights to Stengel's irrepressible love of the game and his incorrigible desire to entertain. As Casey put it, 'because I can make people laugh, some of them think I'm a damn fool. ' His humor camouflaged a relentless hunger for success, glory, and the respectability he desperately sought. ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781574888744ISBN:1574888749
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