Baseball in '41: A Celebration of the Best Baseball Season Ever--in the year America went to war.
New York: Viking, 1991. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xvii, 330 p. Illustrations. Index. At age 18, Robert W. Creamer became witness to what he calls "the best baseball season ever". In 1941, DiMaggio set his 56-game hitting streak, Ted Williams batted.406, the Dodgers and the Yankees staged a classic World Series, and America went to war. An informal, social history of a pivotal year, Baseba ll In '41 is comparable to David Halberstam's The Summer of'49, and is a remarkable 50th-anniversary celebration of a very memorable time. Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling, with some sticker residue.
Keywords: Hugh Casey, Joe Dimaggio, Ted Williams, Leo Durocher, Bob Feller, Hank Greenberg, Charles Lindbergh, Larry MacPhail, Mickey Owen, Pee Wee Reese, Branch Rickey, Phil Rizzuto, Dixie Walker, Whitlow Wyatt
ISBN: 9780670833740
[Book #58921]
Price: $37.50