The Brooklyn Dodgers (Paperback, 1st ed)

If there was ever a place in America where a city and its baseball team were as close as family, it was Brooklyn. The legacy of this relationship comes down to us in stories of childhoods spent at Ebbets Field and in the stories of Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey, whose courage changed the face of America. Baseball in Brooklyn goes back to the beginning of the sport, when a young city embraced a new game and, like missionaries, carried it to the nation. This book tells the story of that beginning and concludes with the heart-wrenching move of the franchise to the West Coast after the 1957 season.

Brooklyn Dodgers carries us from the birth of baseball in the streets of Brooklyn through the decades in Flatbush when Ebbets Field was the center of the Brooklyn community. That was a time when the players lived in the neighborhoods not far from the ballpark, side by side with their followers. Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Gil Hodges, and Johnny Podres all make appearances in this exciting selection of photographs. A large part of Brooklyn Dodgers is dedicated to those teams of the 1950s and their irrepressible fans.

General

Imprint:	Arcadia Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Images of Sports
Release date:	April 2002
First published:	April 2002
Authors:	Mark Rucker
Dimensions:	229 x 159 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	128
Edition:	1st ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7385-1005-7
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Baseball
LSN:	0-7385-1005-X
Barcode:	9780738510057

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