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Item Details
| Title:
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STENGEL
HIS LIFE AND TIMES |
| By: |
Robert W. Creamer |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0803263678 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780803263673 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 1996 |
| Pages: |
349 |
| Description: |
One of the most endearing of American heroes, Casey Stengel guided the New York Yankees to ten pennants in twelve seasons. In this book, the brilliant manager is stripped naked - the person underneath all the clowning, mugging, and double-talking. It also shows us Casey at twenty-two, famous from his very first day in the big leagues. |
| Synopsis: |
One of the most endearing of American heroes, Casey Stengel guided the New York Yankees to ten pennants in twelve seasons. Here is the brilliant manager stripped naked-the person underneath all the clowning, mugging, and double-talking. Robert Creamer shows us Casey at twenty-two, famous from his very first day in the big leagues. We see Casey's playing career fall apart as he is traded, shunted to last-place teams, hampered by injuries, considered finished-until he bats a glorious home run in the 1923 World Series. Here are Casey's managing successes and failures-dismissed by the Yankees, he returns to the limelight with his new and inept New York Mets, the team he single-handedly lifts into the nation's consciousness."I'm a man that's been up and down," Casey said in a serious moment. Certainly his knack for bouncing back made him a legend in our national pastime. Here are the stories and gags, the Stengelian style, the full dimensions of the man. |
| Illustrations: |
Illus. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Nebraska Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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