The Magnificent Seasons: How the Jets, Mets, and Knicks Made Sports History and Uplifted a City and the Country

by Barry Zeman and Art Shamsky

Book Overview

The remarkable story of the season when the New York Jets, Mets, and Knicks all won championships, recounted by the players who made it happen and the fans who experienced it In 1969 three underdog New York sports teams won World Championships. It was an unprecedented feat in the history of sports, and it helped bring the nation's largest city---and much of the country---euphoria to balance the lingering political despair of 1969. And here, in The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312333587
• ISBN13: 9780312333584
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"