DiMaggio's Yankees

A History of the 1936-1944 Dynasty

Lew Freedman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

223 Seiten

2011
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-5906-3 (ISBN)

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This history of New York Yankees from 1936 to World War II details the team's swift recovery from losing Babe Ruth, reintroduces unheralded players, examines the personal styles of the key men, and chronicles the team's remarkable achievements, including winning six American League pennants in eight years and five World Series.

When Babe Ruth left the New York Yankees in 1935, some feared that the loss would cripple the club for years. However, the post-Ruth era Yankees continued to dominate until the start of World War II. Their forward-thinking administrative staff signed and developed top-flight talent like Joe DiMaggio and retained superstars like Lou Gehrig, who remained the greatest first baseman in the game until he succumbed to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This history of Yankees from 1936 to World War II details the team's swift recovery from losing Ruth, reintroduces unheralded players, examines the personal styles of the key men, and chronicles the team's remarkable achievements, including winning six American League pennants in eight years and five World Series, a time triumph and tragedy, of characters colorful and sorrowful.

Lew Freedman is a Columbus, Indiana-based journalist who is sports editor of The Republic newspaper. He has worked on staffs of several newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Anchorage Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer. The winner of more than 250 journalism awards, Freedman is the author of 52 books about sports and Alaska.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. A Kid Named Joe

2. Replacing Ruth

3. Co-Starring Gehrig and DiMaggio

4. Ruff Was Tough

5. Monte, Pat, Bump and Grandma

6. The Real Italian Stallion

7. Dickey Linked Them All

8. The Crow Makes A Mark

9. The Yankee Way

10. Joe D. Gets Hitched

11. Shut Up and Play Like King Kong

12. The Search For Fresh Arms

13. New Guys on the Block

14. Gehrig and the Other Babe

15. Diagnosis and Death

16. The Yankees Lose a Pennant

17. The Streak

18. A Brooklyn-Bronx Subway Series

19. War Changes Everything

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	10 photographs
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-5906-9 / 0786459069
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-5906-3 / 9780786459063
Zustand	Neuware