Bums an oral history of the brooklyn dodgers

In bums, bestselling author peter golenbock presents a fascinating oral history of baseball heroes and an era gone by. An oral history of the brooklyn dodgers dover baseball. In their own words, dodger legends such as pee wee reese, leo durocher, duke snider, roy campanella, ralph branca, and other greats recall the clubs ups. Bums by peter golenbock overdrive rakuten overdrive. Al todres brooklyn dodgers collection brooklyn public library. The most famous of the dodger fans perhaps the most famous fan in baseball history was named hilda chester, a plump, pinkfaced woman with a mop of stringy gray hair. Then there are the brooklyn dodgers, whose offthefield attractions included their symphony, eddie bottan and his police whistleand hilda chester and her cowbell. However, most of his attention he lavishes on the jackie robinson teams of the late 40s and 50s. Preacher roe, don newcombe, pee wee reese, duke snider, carl furillo, theyre all there. If you want to school yourself in brooklyn baseball history, you should head to one of brooklyns beloved independent bookstores and pick up bums. What i used to do is go to the back corner of the library and read the sports books during this unexpectedly free period. The story begins in 1883 with charley ebbets, a program and ticket seller at the brooklyn park who found a way in 1902 to take control of the franchise even though he had no money. Digital audiobook 6242005 compact disc 8120 compact disc 512003 mp3 cd 512003.

I was 6 years old in 1941 when the dodgers won their first pennant in 21 years, after spending most of the intermediate years deep in the second division. Bums narrates the colorful history of this beloved team with recollections from the players, the writers who covered them, and fans. Golenbocks oral history of these lovable losers tells the teams tale through the words of pee wee reese, leo durocher, duke snider, and other brooklyn greats. Bums paperback an oral history of the brooklyn dodgers dover baseball by peter golenbock, paul dickson preface by dover publications, 9780486477350, 512pp. In this oral history of dem bums, bestselling author peter golenbock tells the teams tale through the recollections of former players, writers, frontoffice executives, and faithful fans. In their own words, dodger legends such as pee wee reese, leo durocher, duke snider, roy campanella, ralph branca, and other greats recall the clubs ups and downs. It is interspersed with retellings and recollections of former players, club employees, and diehard fans. Socalled brooklyn bums win their first world series history. The ultimate story of baseballs most storied and beloved franchises, told in the words of da bums themselves, and weaved into a cantputit down account by the master of the oral history and author of numerous best sellers, peter golenbock.

Bums an oral history of the brooklyn dodgers abebooks. It was published in 1984 and won the casey award for the best baseball book of the year. An oral history of the brooklyn dodgers by peter golenbock available from rakuten kobo. Bums is the intimate story of one of the most beloved franchises ever, told by the men who lived it, and brilliantly com. Guide to the al todres brooklyn dodgers collection, bcms. Walter omalley was right, in jean hastings ardell and andy mccue, ed endless seasons. On october 4, 1955, the brooklyn dodgers win the world series at last, beating the new york yankees 20.

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In bums, bestselling author peter golenbock presents a fascinating. Bumsan oral history of the brooklyn dodgers book, 1984. Bumsan oral history of the brooklyn dodgers by golenbock, peter, 1946publication date 1984 topics brooklyn dodgers baseball team. In bums,bestselling author peter golenbock has compiled a fascinating oral history of the ebbets field heroes with recollections from former players,writers,frontoffice executives,and. This is a very good and quite readable oral history about the brooklyn dodgers of the 19401950s. An oral history of the brooklyn dodgers, penguin books, new york, ny, 1987. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. The following biographical profile of hilda chester has been excerpted from bums. An oral history of the brooklyn dodgers peter golenbock on amazon. In bums, bestselling author peter golenbock has compiled a fascinating oral history of the ebbets field heroes with recollections from former players, writers, frontoffice executives, and faithful fans. See the dedication to brooklyn dodger fans who lost so much, so soon, for so little. An oral history of the brooklyn dodgers by peter golenbock or the greatest ballpark ever.

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