Man in the Crowd A Fan's Notes on Four Generations of New York Baseball

Name: Man in the Crowd A Fan's Notes on Four Generations of New York Baseball
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ISBN: 9781616086916

ISBN-10: 1616086912

ISBN-13: 9781616086916

Edition: 2012

Authors: Stanley Cohen

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For Stanley Cohen, baseball is the prism through which he views the events of the last seventy years. In The Man in the Crowd, Cohen chronicles America’s changing mood and lifestyle from the years of World War II through the silent generation of the fifties, the revolutionary turmoil of the sixties through the social decay of the seventies, the excess of the eighties through the technological transformation of the nineties, up through the sobering uncertainty of the post-9/11 present day. His narrative spans four generations as he recounts in sparkling prose how, for his immigrant father, sports was a means of assimilation into life in the New World; the warmth of watching his son and,…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Prologue



The Birth of a Fan



Coming of Age



Wartime Baseball



The Past Returns



A Generations Turning



Running Counter to the Trend



The Winds of Change



The Fascination Wanes



A Special Year



A Feast of Victory



Rebirth of a Fan



A Winner at Last



Modem Times



The Magic Is Back



Baseball Goes on Strike



The Mets to the Rescue



A New Era



A Tarnished Decade



A New Dynasty



New York at the Edge



The Torch Is Passed


Author's Note


About the Author


Bibliography