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Heroes have a habit of growing larger over time, as do the arenas in which they excelled. The 1964 World Series between the Yankees and Cardinals was coated in myth from the get-go. The Yankees represented the establishment: white, powerful, and seemingly invincible. The victorious Cards, on the other hand, were baseball's rebellious future: angry and defiant, black, and challenging. Their seven-game barnburner, played out against a backdrop of an America emerging from the Kennedy assassination, escalating the war in Vietnam, and struggling with civil rights, marked a turning point--neither the nation, nor baseball, would ever be quite so innocent again. Halberstam, one of the great reporters of the '60s, looks back in this marvelous and spirited elegy to the era, the game, and players such as Mantle, Maris, Ford, Gibson, Brock, and Flood with a clear eye in search of the truth that time has blurred into legend. His confident prose, diligent reporting, and deft analysis make it clear how much more interesting--and forceful--the truth can be.
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World Series (Baseball), St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team), New York Yankees (Baseball team), World Series (Baseball) (1964), Saint Louis Cardinals (Baseball team), Baseball teams, World Series (Baseball) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001014780People
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Previously published: New York : Villard Books, 1994.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-380) and index.
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