The Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312427023 (0312427026)
Publish date: June 26th 2007
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 376
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
History,
Literature,
Book Club,
American,
Journalism,
Politics,
American History,
New York,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
Baseball
I was in my late pre-teens and early adolescence in the period described in this book. But I do remember hearing, as a 10-year old, about New York being on the verge of bankruptcy and asking Uncle Sam for a bailout. I remember, too, the 1976 World Series in which the Reds swept the Yankees. The Yank...
I was in my late pre-teens and early adolescence in the period described in this book. But I do remember hearing, as a 10-year old, about New York being on the verge of bankruptcy and asking Uncle Sam for a bailout. I remember, too, the 1976 World Series in which the Reds swept the Yankees. The Yank...