Carl E. Prince provides a history of the relationship between Brooklyn and its Dodgers in the golden years after World War II. In it he reveals the intensity and depth of the team's relationship to the community and its people in the 1950s, showing how the team extended its influence well beyond the sports arena.
In this superb volume, Prince captures the intensity and depth of the Brooklyn Dodgers' relationship to the community and its people in the 1950s, showing how the team's influence extended well beyond the sports arena. He also covers the underside of the Dodger experience: the paternity suits, routine baseball-related sexism, and the ethnic conflicts that went with the Brooklyn territory. 13 illustrations.
"How the Dodgers affected both men and women, kids growing up and Brooklyn's relation to the outlying boroughs is studied in a scholarly but not stuffy manner."--USA Today Baseball Weekly
