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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393062333
ISBN-139780393062335
eBay Product ID (ePID)66540044
Product Key Features
Book TitleYogi Berra : Eternal Yankee
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicBaseball / General, Sports
Publication Year2009
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorAllen Barra
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight32.1 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-045799
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsStarred Review. A full-scale biography of the most quoted and, possibly, the most underrated player in baseball history.... A superior sports book bound to interest more than just die-hard fans, ranking with classics like Robert Creamer's Babe: The Legend Comes to Life (1974) and Richard Ben Cramer's Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life (2000)., It has fallen to Allen Barra, one of the most erudite sportswriters in America...to tell the Yogi story in all its glory and nuance. In Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee, he walks the reader through contract squabbles, spring training, confrontations with the Red Sox, World Series victories and the sportswriters' exaggerations that created the Yogi myth., It has fallen to Allen Barra, one of the most erudite sportswriters in America...to tell the Yogi story in all its glory and nuance. In Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee , he walks the reader through contract squabbles, spring training, confrontations with the Red Sox, World Series victories and the sportswriters' exaggerations that created the Yogi myth. (David M. Shribman, Bloomberg), Although Barra includes lots of play-by-play action in his book, he shows enough skill as a writer to prevent his book from becoming one big box score recast as simple declarative sentences. His game action stresses context and the development of Yogi as both a batter and a receiver., What a felicitous match, Barra on Berra. One of America's most insightful and precise sports writers artfully separates the myth from the reality of the iconic Yogi. Count me among the Yankee haters who devoured this book.
Dewey Decimal796.357092 B
SynopsisThe gripping biography of the legendary Hall-of-Famer and one of the most quotable figures in American culture., Yogi Berra is one of the most popular former athletes in American history, and the most-quoted American since Abraham Lincoln. The gripping biography of the legendary Hall-of-Famer is replete with n early 100 photos and countless Yogi-isms, offering hilarious insights into many of baseball's greatest moments., Yogi Berra is one of the most popular former athletes in American history, and the most quoted American since Abraham Lincoln. Part comedian, part feisty competitor, Berra is also the winningest player (fourteen pennants, ten World Series, three MVPs) in baseball history. In this revelatory biography, Allen Barra presents Yogi's remarkable life as never seen before, from his childhood in "Dago Hill," the Italian-American neighborhood in St. Louis, to his leading role on the 1949-53 Yankees, the only team to win five consecutive World Series, to the travails of the '64 pennant race, through his epic battles and final peace with George Steinbrenner. This biography, replete with nearly one hundred photos and countless "Yogi-isms," offers hilarious insights into many of baseball's greatest moments. From calling Don Larsen's perfect game to managing the 1973 "You Gotta Believe" New York Mets, Yogi's life and career are a virtual cutaway view of our national pastime in the twentieth century.
LC Classification NumberGV865.B46B37 2009
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- 26. Mär. 2025
Mr Baseball
Little wordier than I was expecting Yogi is one amazing ball player and super nice guyBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 22. Aug. 2016
Informative
Yogi was quite a guy! From a little kid to a giant in the major leagues.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
