A Brooklyn Dodgers Reader - by Andrew Paul Mele (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The Brooklyn Dodgers are one of the most popular and most beloved baseball teams of all time. This book is a collection of writings about them, arranged chronologically--news reports, articles and excerpts from both fiction and nonfiction works by some of the best baseball writers of the past sixty years. Among them are James L. Terry (from Long Before the Dodgers); John Lardner ("The Unbelievable Babe Herman"); Red Barber and Robert Creamer (from Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat); Harold Parrott (from The Lords of Baseball and "Owen Drops Third Strike"); Robin Roberts and C. Paul Rogers, III (from My Life in Baseball); and Red Smith ("Erskine Fans 14 Yanks," "Over the River" and "Last Chapter").

Review Quotes

"highly recommend"-SABR Review; "marvelous...a grand reader...extensive index...a book worth having"-Spitball; "one of the finest collections of baseball writings ever assembled...wonderful history of baseball"-Brooklyn Spectator; "lively, evocative volume...extensive research and legwork"-Staten Island Advance.

About the Author

The late Andrew Paul Mele had retired from the Brooklyn Public Library. The author of six books and several short stories, his articles appeared in the Staten Island Advance and the Italian Tribune. He lived in Staten Island.