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LEADER: 01834nam a22003378a 4500
001 2008041712
003 DLC
005 20081001152548.0
008 081001r20082007ncu db 001 0ceng
010 $a 2008041712
020 $a9780786439362 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---$an-us-ny
050 10 $aGV865.A1$bG54 2008
082 00 $a796.357092/2$aB$222
100 1 $aGittleman, Sol,$d1934-
245 10 $aReynolds, Raschi and Lopat :$bNew York's big three and the great Yankee dynasty of 1949-1953 /$cSol Gittleman.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Company,$cc2008.
263 $a0811
300 $ap. cm.
500 $aOriginally published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, 2007.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe players of the American game : ethnicity and race -- Getting there -- The coming of Casey -- The team within the team -- The education of Whitey -- Eddie's year -- Rickey's Dodgers -- Seeing the finish line : the return of Whitey -- One by one -- Friendship and memory.
520 $a"This book focuses on the relationship and achievement of Allie Reynolds, Vic Raschi and Eddie Lopat. Soon after Robinson and the Dodgers had publicly confronted the issues of race and ethnicity, these men from very different backgrounds--Creek Indian, Italian and Polish--established a deep communion with each other, became lifelong friends, and re-wrote baseball history"--Provided by publisher.
600 10 $aReynolds, Allie,$d1915-1994.
600 10 $aLopat, Ed,$d1918-1992.
600 10 $aRaschi, Vic,$d1919-1988.
650 0 $aPitchers (Baseball)$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aBaseball players$zUnited States$vBiography.
610 20 $aNew York Yankees (Baseball team)$xHistory.
650 0 $aLarge print type books.