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Stars and strikes : baseball and America in the bicentennial summer of '76
Title:
Stars and strikes : baseball and America in the bicentennial summer of '76
Author:
Epstein, Dan.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, [2014]
Physical Description:
390 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
Detailing the characters, events, and cultural forces behind the American bicentennial celebration, this chronicle of America and baseball reveals how this was the year that both the nation and its national pastime were revolutionized.
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction: Play That Funky Music -- Prologue: More Than A Feeling (October 14, 1976) -- 1. Let's Do It Again (November-December 1975) -- 2. Take It To The Limit (January 1976) -- 3. Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (February 1976) -- 4. Let 'Em In (March 1976) -- 5. The Boys Are Back In Town (April 1976) -- 6. More, More, More (May 1976) -- 7. Strange Magic (June 1976) -- 8. Afternoon Delight (July 1976) -- 9. You Should Be Dancing (August 1976) -- 10. Don't Go Breaking My Heart (September 1976) -- 11. Still The One (October 1976) -- 12. Take the Money and Run (November 1976 and Beyond).
ISBN:
9781250034380
Format :
Book