Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City

Name: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City
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ISBN: 9780312424305

ISBN-10: 0312424302

ISBN-13: 9780312424305

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jonathan Mahler

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A kaleidoscopic portrait of New York City in 1977, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning is the story of two epic battles: the fight between Yankee slugger Reggie Jackson and team manager Billy Martin, and the battle between Mario Cuomo and Ed Koch for the city's mayorship. Buried beneath these parallel conflicts--one for the soul of baseball, the other for the soul of a city--was the subtext of race. The brash and confident Jackson took every black myth and threw it back in white America's face. Koch and Cuomo ran bitterly negative campaigns that played upon urbanites' growing fears. Surrounding this braided narrative was a prowling murderer dubbed the "Son of Sam," the acquisition of…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 3/21/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.74" wide x 8.13" long x 1.04" tall
Weight: 0.880