"Our Bums"

The Brooklyn Dodgers in History, Memory and Popular Culture

David Krell (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2015
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7799-9 (ISBN)

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Baseball fans might know the story of the Brooklyn Dodgers, but they don't know the whole story. Until now. Utilizing archival documents, contemporary press accounts, and interviews with fans, David Krell chronicles the genesis, glory, and demise of the team that changed baseball - and America - in excruciating detail that will satisfy the diehard baseball enthusiast.

Baseball fans may know the story of the Brooklyn Dodgers, but they don't know the whole story. With a foreword by Branch Barrett Rickey (grandson of Branch Rickey), this book fills the void in Dodgers scholarship, exploring their impact on popular culture and revealing lesser-known details of the team's history.

Personal stories are included from the fans who embraced Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Carl Erskine, Roy Campanella and other icons of Ebbets Field. Drawing on archival documents, contemporary press accounts and fan interviews, the author brings to life the magic of the Dodgers, chronicling in detail the genesis, glory and demise of the team that changed baseball--and America.

David Krell is a freelance journalist, author and attorney. He has written for Memories and Dreams—The Official Magazine of the Baseball Hall of Fame; Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal and New York State Bar Association’s Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Journal. He is the chair of SABR’s Elysian Fields Chapter (northern New Jersey) and Spring Training Research Committee.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Branch Rickey III

Preface

Prologue: “He sure hit the hell out of that one”

1st Inning: One Borough Under Blue

2nd Inning: “No grander name on earth than Brooklyn”

3rd Inning: Red, White, and Dodger Blue

4th Inning: “Democracy has finally invaded baseball”

5th Inning: Silencing the Lip

6th Inning: “I guess we weren’t meant to win it”

7th Inning: “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Brooklyn Dodgers are the champions of the world!”

8th Inning: From Happy to Hollywood

9th Inning: A Ravine of Gold

Epilogue: Vincit Qui Patitur

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.2015
Zusatzinfo	18 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	322 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-7799-7 / 0786477997
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7799-9 / 9780786477999
Zustand	Neuware