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Do You Believe in Magic? - David Krell

Do You Believe in Magic?

Baseball and America in the Groundbreaking Year of 1966

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
262 Seiten
2023
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-5943-9 (ISBN)
CHF 43,60 inkl. MwSt
This book offers a unique look at a pivotal year in American history, tracing the significant events of 1966 by using the baseball season as its narrative arc, but also examining the Space Race, television, film, politics, music, and more.
A unique and dynamic look at a pivotal year in American history and culture.

There were seismic shifts taking place in 1966. The Supreme Court’s Miranda warnings decision. A World Series upset. Jacqueline Susann’s salacious best seller Valley of the Dolls. The television debut of Batman. Five successful missions in NASA’s Project Gemini. It was truly a momentous year in America.

In Do You Believe in Magic? Baseball and America in the Groundbreaking Year of 1966, David Krell goes beyond the headlines to reveal the importance of this underappreciated year in history. Using the baseball season as a unifying thread, Krell also examines the Space Race, television, film, politics, music, and more, revealing that innovation was the common theme during this extraordinary time.

With a vivid narrative, archival photos, exclusive interviews, and contemporary news accounts, Do You Believe in Magic? presents the powerful stories and impactful moments from a fascinating year that transformed America forever.

David Krell is a former TV news producer at MSNBC. He is the author of 1962: Baseball and America in the Time of JFK and Our Bums: The Brooklyn Dodgers in History, Memory and Popular Culture. Krell also edited the anthologies The New York Yankees in Popular Culture and The New York Mets in Popular Culture. In addition, Krell has written for the Baseball Hall of Fame magazine Memories and Dreams and several Society for American Baseball Research publications. For more than 10 years, Krell’s series, “Krell’s Korner,” has covered cases and historical events for the New York State Bar Association’s Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Journal. He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: “Cannons at the Corners” (January)
Chapter 2: Hollywood’s Other Dynamic Duo (February)
Chapter 3: “Back in the Fold” (March)
Chapter 4: Is this heaven? No, it’s Anaheim. (April)
Chapter 5: Spies and Dolls (May)
Chapter 6: The Life and Times of Robert Simpson Petrie (June)
Chapter 7: A Great Speech in Cooperstown (July)
Chapter 8: Hail, Caesars Palace! (August)
Chapter 9: Impossible Missions, Daydream Believers, and the Final Frontier (September)
Chapter 10: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (October)
Chapter 11: Splashdown (November)
Chapter 12: Joy to the World (December)
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 26 b/w photos; 1 table
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 231 mm
Gewicht 508 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Ballsport
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Weitere Fachgebiete Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-5381-5943-0 / 1538159430
ISBN-13 978-1-5381-5943-9 / 9781538159439
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