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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Cook, Kevin, 1956-     Subjects     DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999.     Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.     Harris, Bucky, 1896-1977.     Shotton, Burt.     World Series (Baseball) -- History.     Baseball managers -- United States -- Biography.     Baseball managers -- United States -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Cook, Kevin, 1956-       by title:      Electric October : s...       by call number:      796.357646 C771e     Search the Web     Cook, Kevin, 1956-     DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999.     Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.     Harris, Bucky, 1896-1977.     Shotton, Burt.     World Series (Baseball) -- History.     Baseball managers -- United States -- Biography.     Baseball managers -- United States -- History.       MARC Display

Electric October : seven world series games, six lives, five minutes of fame that lasted forever / Kevin Cook. by Cook, Kevin, 1956- Henry Holt and Company, 2017. Call #: 796.357646 C771e Subjects DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999.   Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.   Harris, Bucky, 1896-1977.   Shotton, Burt.   World Series (Baseball) -- History.   Baseball managers -- United States -- Biography.   Baseball managers -- United States -- History. ISBN:  9781250116567 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  x, 289 p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-274) and index. Contents:  Prologue: Mortals -- Part one: Six lives. Young old Burt ; The fabulous breaker boy ; Zenith ; Cookie and the flea ; Bev and Snuffy ; They'll manage ; The year all hell broke loose -- Part two: Seven games. Sheer hysteria ; A horrendous afternoon ; Burns' rush ; The twenty-seventh out ; First and second guesses ; The robbery ; Battle of the Bronx -- Part three: Six futures. The year after hell broke loose ; Late innings ; Try, try again ; Warning signs ; This is Cooperstown ; Hero and hero ; Back back back -- Epilogue: The things they left behind. Summary:  "Six unlikely heroes and the epic World Series that changed their lives forever. The 1947 World Series was 'the most exciting ever' in the words of Joe DiMaggio, with a decade's worth of drama packed into seven games between the mighty New York Yankees and the underdog Brooklyn Dodgers. It was Jackie Robinson's first Series, a postwar spectacle featuring Frank Sinatra, Ernest Hemingway and President Harry Truman in supporting roles. It was also the first televised World Series--sportswriters called it 'Electric October.' Amid all the star power, the outcome hinged on role players: Bill Bevens, a journeyman who knocked on the door of pitching immortality; Al Gionfriddo and Cookie Lavagetto, who came off the bench to play key roles for the Dodgers; Snuffy Stirnweiss, a wartime batting champ who never got any respect; and managers Bucky Harris and Burt Shotton, each an unlikely choice to run his team. Six men plucked from obscurity to shine on the sport's greatest stage--but three would never play another big-league inning, and all six would soon be forgotten. This book introduces us to men who never knew they were bound for glory. For some, the '47 Series was a memory to hold on to. For others, it would haunt them to the end of their days"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 796.357646 C771e Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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