Baseball and Other Matters in 1941
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Remembering the baseball - and other matters - of 1941 in a tribute to the game that is also part memoir. Robert W. Creamer is the author or co-author of numerous books, including: "Stengel: His Life and Times", "Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat", "Jocko", and "The Quality of Courage".Remembering the baseball--and other matters--of 1941 in a tribute to the game that is also part memoir
"This is a baseball book, but whether Creamer intended it or not, it’s much, much more."—Sports Illustrated
"Creamer is a solid and clever craftsman who knows when to stay in the dugout to let a narrative pitch itself. . . . How can you not love a book like this?"—Chicago Sun-Times
"Creamer artfully weaves his own 1941-college-boy-on-the-cusp-of-war persona throughout the narrative. There are wonderful asides, ranging from Red Barber’s early days as the Brooklyn Dodgers radio announcer to the draft woes of Detroit Tigers star Hank Greenberg."—Time
"[Creamer] recalls this momentous year in baseball and world history. He reprises Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, Ted Williams’s .406 batting average, Hank Greenberg and the draft, the furious Dodgers-Cardinals pennant fight, and the ensuing World Series. All this is portrayed against the looming U.S. entry into World War II."—Library Journal
ISBN: 9780803264069
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 386g
339 pages