1954; The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Major League Baseball Forever
Boston, MA: Da Capo Press, 2014. First Da Capo Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 290 pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling. Bill Madden (born 1946) is an American sportswriter. A member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, he has served on the Historical Overview Committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame, helping to select candidates presented to the Veterans Committee. He was a sportswriter with UPI before he joined the Daily News in 1978, and covered the New York Yankees before becoming a columnist in 1989. He has written the books Damned Yankees: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Life With "Boss" Steinbrenner, Zim - A Baseball Life, Pride of October: What it Was to Be Young and a Yankee, My 25 Years Covering Baseball's Heroes, Scoundrels, Triumphs and Tragedies; Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, "1954 - The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Baseball Forever", and "Lou - -Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard and Winning in the Sweet Spot of Baseball" Derived from a review posted on-line: Baseball is often referred to as America’s most literary sport, and there is no doubt that Bill Madden has contributed to that reputation. In 2010, Madden was recognized with the J.G. Taylor Spink Award – the highest honor given by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America – and enshrined in the writers’ wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Fortunately, for fans of baseball and its literature, Madden did not choose to rest on his laurels. Instead, he continues to add to his reputation, which gets another boost from latest book: 1954 – The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Baseball Forever. Within the back drop of the 1954 pennant races and World Series, Madden gives readers a look at how attitudes toward race – in baseball and across American society – were changing. Through observation and interviews, Madden provides unique insight in how different players – Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Hank Aaron, Don Newcombe and others – handled slights, inequities and prejudices. 1954 includes plenty of baseball action, often told in the words of the participants. Condition: Very good / Good.
Keywords: MLB, Major League Baseball, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Don Newcombe, Walter Alston, Segregation, Leo Durocher, Hank Greenberg, Elston Howard, World Series, New York Yankees, Casey Stengel, Dusty Rhodes, Al Rosen, Bill Veeck
ISBN: 9780306823329
[Book #77531]
Price: $25.00