Brooklyn's Dodgers: The Bums, the Borough, and the Best of Baseball, 1947-1957

by Carl E. Prince

Book Overview

During the 1952 World Series, a Yankee fan trying to watch the game in a Brooklyn bar was told, "Why don't you go back where you belong, Yankee lover?" "I got a right to cheer my team," the intruder responded, "this is a free country." "This ain't no free country, chum," countered the Dodger fan, "this is Brooklyn." Brooklynites loved their "Bums"--Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, and all the murderous parade of regulars...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195099273
• ISBN13: 9780195099270
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.6"