| Stengel: His Life and Times Contributor(s): Creamer, Robert W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803263678 ISBN-13: 9780803263673 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: One of the most endearing of American heroes, Casey Stengel guided the New York Yankees to ten pennants in twelve seasons. Here is the brilliant manager stripped naked- the person underneath all the clowning, mugging, and double-talking. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Sports |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 95040143 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.03" W x 8.98" (1.10 lbs) 349 pages |
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| Publisher Description: One of the most endearing of American heroes, Casey Stengel guided the New York Yankees to ten pennants in twelve seasons. Here is the brilliant manager stripped naked-the person underneath all the clowning, mugging, and double-talking. Robert Creamer shows us Casey at twenty-two, famous from his very first day in the big leagues. We see Casey's playing career fall apart as he is traded, shunted to last-place teams, hampered by injuries, considered finished-until he bats a glorious home run in the 1923 World Series. Here are Casey's managing successes and failures-dismissed by the Yankees, he returns to the limelight with his new and inept New York Mets, the team he single-handedly lifts into the nation's consciousness. "I'm a man that's been up and down," Casey said in a serious moment. Certainly his knack for bouncing back made him a legend in our national pastime. Here are the stories and gags, the Stengelian style, the full dimensions of the man. Robert W. Creamer, formerly a writer and editor for Sports Illustrated, is the author of Babe: The Legend Comes to Life. He lives in Tuckahoe, New York. |