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The year was 1949, and a war-wearied nation turned from the battlefields to the ball fields in search of new heroes. It was a summer that marked the beginning of a sports rivalry unequaled in the annals of athletic competition. The awesome New York Yankees and the indomitable Boston Red Sox were Continue
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Outside Baseball
It could be a coincidence, but as each of our major wars winds down we seem to become more and more mesmerized by baseball, and the cold war so far has proved no exception. To a nervous system set on high, peace can be an awful anticlimax; suddenly a ... (read full critics)
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- English Books
- Mass Market Paperback 352 Pages
- Edition: Reissue
- ISBN-10: 0380710757
- ISBN-13: 9780380710751
- Publisher: Avon Books
- Pub date: Feb 01, 1997
- Dimensions: 1097 mm x 645 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Library Binding and Others
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Summer of '49 By David Halberstam and William Morrow
In the summer of 1949. David Halberstam was 15, moving uncertainly into adolescence and looking longingly back over his shoulder at boyhood. America was struggling, too—one generation still emotionally chastened by the Depression, the other increasin ... (read full critics)