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Ed Barrow - The Bulldog Who Built the Yankees' First Dynasty - HC w/DJ 2008
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- Condition
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- Seller Notes
- “See the scan and the item description.”
- Special Attributes
- Illustrated, Dustjacket
- Topic
- Baseball / History, Baseball / General, Sports
- Subject
- Sports - Baseball
- ISBN
- 9780803229747
- EAN
- 9780803229747
- Book Title
- Ed Barrow : the Bulldog Who Built the Yankees' First Dynasty
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.6 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
- Item Width
- 6.5 in
- Item Weight
- 28 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 456 Pages
About this product
Product Information
Before the feuding owners turned to Ed Barrow to be general manager in 1920, the Yankees had never won a pennant. They won their first in 1921 and during Barrow's tenure went on to win thirteen more as well as ten World Series. This biography of the incomparable Barrow is also the story of how he built the most successful sports franchise in American history. Barrow spent fifty years in baseball. He was in the middle of virtually every major conflict and held practically every job except player. Daniel R. Levitt describes Barrow's pre-Yankees years, when he managed Babe Ruth and the Boston Red Sox to their last World Series Championship before the "curse." He then details how Barrow assembled a winning Yankees team both by purchasing players outright and by developing talent through a farm system. The story of the making of the great Yankees dynasty reveals Barrow's genius for organizing, for recognizing baseball talent, and for exploiting the existing economic environment. Because Barrow was a player in so many of baseball's key events, his biography gives a clear and eye-opening picture of how America's sport was played in the twentieth century, on the field and off. A complex portrait of a larger-than-life character in the annals of baseball, this book is also an inside history of how the sport's competitive environment evolved and how the Yankees came to dominate it.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803229747
ISBN-13
9780803229747
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63877447
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ed Barrow : the Bulldog Who Built the Yankees' First Dynasty
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / History, Baseball / General, Sports
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
456 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Item Weight
28 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Gv865.B3l48 2008
Reviews
"In Ed Barrow: The Bulldog Who Built the Yankees'' First Dynasty , author Daniel Levitt offers a well-detailed account of the great baseball man including his meteoric rise through the professional baseball world, the beginning of the Boston Red Sox''s descent from championship status and what would become the legendary Yankee dynasty of the 1920s."-Anthony Basich, The Inside Game, "Ed Barrow was a towering figure in baseball who arrived in New York to construct the Yankee dynasty-and who left decades later, with the dynasty and his legacy well intact. Dan Levitt has captured his power within the game, his complicated relationships, and his work ethic with a wonderful look at a man who helped shape the game for half a century."-Marty Appel, former Yankees public relations director and baseball historian, "[Ed Barrow] will undoubtedly go down as the definitive work on one of the most important baseball figures in the first half of the 20th century."-Rich Lederer, baseballanalytics.com, "The University of Nebraska Press, long respected for its scholarly works, has emerged as a valuable baseball resource as well. . . . Notable American players and teams, baseball history overseas (in Latin America, Japan and Australia), sportswriters and broadcasters, the African-American baseball experience, early traces of the game's essential elements in medieval Europe-all these and more are among the subjects examined in the NU Press's fascinating explorations of baseball in its many dimensions. . . . . The University of Nebraska Press deserves praise for drawing attention to this notable figure-and for publishing dozens of titles that help fans of our national pastime better understand this venerable sport."- Omaha World-Herald (NE), 0;When we think about the beginnings of the Yankees7; long dynasty, we think of Gehrig, and DiMaggio, and the Babe. Especially the Babe. But thanks to Dan Levitt, now we know that mastermind Ed Barrow belongs on that list, too. Perhaps at the top.1;2;Rob Neyer, "ESPN.com" -- Rob Neyer (08/10/2007), "The author has an astounding facility with detail: The sheer number of names, dates and salaries he tosses around is mind-blowing, and the 18 informational tables in the appendix are worthy of inclusion in an economics textbook. . . . A labor of love of great value to Yankees fans and hard-core baseball junkies."- Kirkus Reviews, "In Ed Barrow: The Bulldog Who Built the Yankees' First Dynasty , author Daniel Levitt offers a well-detailed account of the great baseball man including his meteoric rise through the professional baseball world, the beginning of the Boston Red Sox's descent from championship status and what would become the legendary Yankee dynasty of the 1920s."-Anthony Basich, The Inside Game, 0;Ed Barrow was a towering figure in baseball who arrived in New York to construct the Yankee dynasty2;and who left decades later, with the dynasty and his legacy well intact. Dan Levitt has captured his power within the game, his complicated relationships, and his work ethic with a wonderful look at a man who helped shape the game for half a century.1;2;Marty Appel, former Yankees public relations director and baseball historian -- Marty Appel (07/24/2007), "[ Ed Barrow ] will undoubtedly go down as the definitive work on one of the most important baseball figures in the first half of the 20th century."-Rich Lederer, baseballanalytics.com, "When we think about the beginnings of the Yankees' long dynasty, we think of Gehrig, and DiMaggio, and the Babe. Especially the Babe. But thanks to Dan Levitt, now we know that mastermind Ed Barrow belongs on that list, too. Perhaps at the top."--Rob Neyer, "ESPN.com" -- Rob Neyer (08/10/2007), "Levitt revisits the vexed matter of Sox owner Harry Frazee's motives in selling baseball's greatest player to New York and, in so doing, debunks the previous debunking of Glenn Stout and Richard A. Johnson in 2000, in Red Sox Century . . . . Eight years ago Stout and Johnson convinced me of their views; today I am just as convinced by Levitt."-Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe, "[ Ed Barrow will undoubtedly go down as the definitive work on one of the most important baseball figures in the first half of the 20th century."-Rich Lederer, baseballanalytics.com, "Ed Barrow was a towering figure in baseball who arrived in New York to construct the Yankee dynasty-and who left decades later, with the dynasty and his legacy well intact. Dan Levitt has captured his power within the game, his complicated relationships, and his work ethic with a wonderful look at man who helped shape the game for half a century."-Marty Appel, a former Yankees public relations director and baseball historian, "The author has an astounding facility with detail: The sheer number of names, dates and salaries he tosses around is mind-blowing, and the 18 informational tables in the appendix are worthy of inclusion in an economics textbook. . . . A labor of love of great value to Yankees fans and hard-core baseball junkies."-Kirkus Reviews, "Baseball scholars will delight in Dan Levitt's "Ed Barrow," a meticulously detailed biography of one of the most important figures in baseball history."--Robert Creamer, author of "Babe: The Legend Comes to Life" and "Stengel: His Life and Times", 0;Baseball scholars will delight in Dan Levitt7;s "Ed Barrow," a meticulously detailed biography of one of the most important figures in baseball history.1;2;Robert Creamer, author of "Babe: The Legend Comes to Life" and "Stengel: His Life and Times" -- Robert Creamer (07/09/2007), "When we think about the beginnings of the Yankees' long dynasty, we think of Gehrig, and DiMaggio, and the Babe. Especially the Babe. But thanks to Dan Levitt, now we know that mastermind Ed Barrow belongs on that list, too. Perhaps at the top."-Rob Neyer,ESPN.com, "Substantive baseball history filtered through the career of one of the game's overlooked titans."-Wes Lukowsky, Booklist, "A captivating overview of baseball from the '20s through the '40s."-Bill Madden, New York Daily News, "In Ed Barrow: The Bulldog Who Built the Yankees'' First Dynasty, author Daniel Levitt offers a well-detailed account of the great baseball man including his meteoric rise through the professional baseball world, the beginning of the Boston Red Sox''s descent from championship status and what would become the legendary Yankee dynasty of the 1920s."-Anthony Basich, The Inside Game, "Levitt revisits the vexed matter of Sox owner Harry Frazee's motives in selling baseball's greatest player to New York and, in so doing, debunks the previous debunking of Glenn Stout and Richard A. Johnson in 2000, in Red Sox Century. . . . Eight years ago Stout and Johnson convinced me of their views; today I am just as convinced by Levitt."-Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe, "The University of Nebraska Press, long respected for its scholarly works, has emerged as a valuable baseball resource as well. . . . Notable American players and teams, baseball history overseas (in Latin America, Japan and Australia), sportswriters and broadcasters, the African-American baseball experience, early traces of the game's essential elements in medieval Europe-all these and more are among the subjects examined in the NU Press's fascinating explorations of baseball in its many dimensions. . . . . The University of Nebraska Press deserves praise for drawing attention to this notable figure-and for publishing dozens of titles that help fans of our national pastime better understand this venerable sport."-Omaha World-Herald(NE)
Table of Content
Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Part 1: Every Job in Baseball, 1868-1920 1. "The Best Deal the Yankees Ever Made" 2. Hustling and Scrapping 3. Forcing His Way into Baseball 4. A Pennant in Toronto 5. Major League 6. Back to the Minors 7. League President 8. "Fight These Fellows to the Finish" 9. No Respite 10. World Champions 11. "Please Explain Why Boston Club Has Neglected to Suspend Mays" 12. "I Am Going to Sell Ruth to the Yankees" Part 2: The Yankees Years, 1920-1953 13. Business Manager of the Yankees 14. Turmoil and Success 15. Collapse 16. Rebuilding a Dynasty 17. "I Just Couldn't See Him" 18. McCarthy 19. "If You Say I Did It, I Did; but I Did It Asleep" 20. "Close Deal" 21. "I Like to Do Business with Smart People" 22. President of the Yankees 23. "Pure as the Driven Snow" 24. "Over His Dead Body" 25. The Hall of Fame Appendix Bibliography
Copyright Date
2008
Lccn
2007-040521
Dewey Decimal
796.357092 B
Dewey Edition
22
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