The last innocents: the collision of the turbulent sixties and the Los Angeles Dodgers [First edition] 9780062360564, 9780062360588, 0062360566

Genesis -- Surviving the '60s -- The frenzy of 1963: the fearsome Yankees, the epic World Series, and the arrival o

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English Pages xviii, 473 pages ; 24 cm Year 2016

The last innocents: the collision of the turbulent sixties and the Los Angeles Dodgers [First edition]
9780062360564, 9780062360588, 0062360566

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Leahy
Michael

Table of contents :
Genesis --
Surviving the '60s --
The frenzy of 1963: the fearsome Yankees, the epic World Series, and the arrival of the Dodgers' reluctant idol --
The Dodgers' victory, a president's assassination, and the first seeds of a players' rebellion --
An upheaval begins --
The riotous season --
Baseball's watershed --
The last march --
Baseball takes a back seat to the world --
A star comes home and others say goodbye --
The final years.

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