The Last Years of the Brooklyn Dodgers - A History, 1950-1957 (Paperback)

This work, which picks up where the author's previous book, ""The Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s"" (McFarland, 2005), left off, covers the Dodgers' final eight years in Brooklyn. Chapters carry the reader from the 1951 playoffs, when a late season collapse and Thomson's ""Shot Heard Round the World"" dealt Brooklyn a heartbreaking blow, through the 1955 World Series title, and finally to Walter O'Malley's controversial decision to move the team to Los Angeles. The author covers each season in-depth and assesses popular perceptions of the Dodgers, their players and owners, and considers O'Malley's culpability in the team's departure, which ended a string of 74 years in which Brooklyn had major league baseball.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Rudy Marzano
Dimensions:	229 x 157 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-0-7864-3006-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sporting events, tours & organisations > Sports teams & clubs Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Baseball Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	0-7864-3006-0
Barcode:	9780786430062

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