October 1964
| By: | David Halberstam |
| Publisher: | Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press) |
| Print ISBN: | 9781453286128 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781453288849 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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The bestselling follow-up to the classic The Summer of ?49, illuminating the heart-pounding 1964 World Series between the Yankees and Cardinals David Halberstam, an avid sports writer with an investigative reporter?s tenacity, superbly details the end of the fifteen-year reign of the New York Yankees in October 1964. That October found the Yankees going head-to-head with the St. Louis Cardinals for the World Series pennant. Expertly weaving the narrative threads of both teams? seasons, Halberstam brings the major personalities on the field?from switch-hitter Mickey Mantle to pitcher Bob Gibson?to life. Using the teams? subcultures, Halberstam also analyzes the cultural shifts of the sixties. The result is a unique blend of sports writing and cultural history as engrossing as it is insightful. ? This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.