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Spirit of '67
The Cardiac Kids, El Birdos, and the World Series That Captivated America
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2017
Summary
Using the colorful and tumultuous 1960s as a backdrop, acclaimed author Thomas J. Whalen’s Spirit of ’67: The Cardiac Kids, El Birdos, and the World Series That Captivated America shows how the Red Sox and Cardinals waged an epic battle for baseball supremacy that captured the imagination of weary Americans looking for escape from the urban riots, racial turmoil, and antiwar protests that were roiling 1960s society. “How many people ever do anything that makes so many people happy?” Sox pitcher Gary Bell asked years later, in reference to their classic autumn clash. The book examines the unique bond that each team had with its own fanbase, going back to each franchise’s chaotic beginning at the turn of the twentieth century. Relating issues of ethnicity, politics, class, and economics, Whalen sets out to reveal the exactly what was at stake in the 1967 fall classic, and how echoes from that unforgettable season still ring through both cities, and American culture, to this day.
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Copyright Year
2017
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-3316-4
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-3317-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
300
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Ch01. 1967 No access Pages 1 - 18
Ch02. Dizzy, El Cheapo, and Stan the Man No access Pages 19 - 44
Ch03. From Dynasty to Country Club No access Pages 45 - 70
Ch04. Pursuing a Dream No access Pages 71 - 102
Ch05. El Birdos Soar No access Pages 103 - 150
Ch06. Coming Through No access Pages 151 - 182
Ch07. The Series Begins No access Pages 183 - 214
Ch08. Lonborg and Champagne No access Pages 215 - 250
