The last innocents : the collision of the turbulent sixties and the Los Angeles Dodgers

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The last innocents : the collision of the turbulent sixties and the Los Angeles Dodgers

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the collision of the turbulent sixties and the Los Angeles Dodgers

Statement of responsibility

Michael Leahy

Creator

• trueLeahy, Michael, 1953-
• Leahy, Michael, 1953-

Author

• Leahy, Michael, 1953-

Subject

• Baseball
• Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• trueBaseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• trueBaseball players
• trueDavis, Tommy, 1939-
• History
• trueHistory writing -- United States -- 1960s
• trueInterethnic friendship
• trueInterracial friendship
• trueKoufax, Sandy, 1935-
• Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)
• trueLos Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team) -- History
• Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century
• Nineteen sixties
• Nineteen sixties
• trueParker, Wes, 1939-
• trueSports and Competition -- Baseball
• trueSports and Competition -- Sports History
• trueTorborg, Jeffrey, 1941-
• trueTracewski, Richard, 1935-
• United States
• trueWills, Maury, 1932-
• true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969
• 1900-1999

Genre

• trueSports and Competition
• trueHistory
• trueHistory writing

Language

eng

Summary

It's rare for a team to encapsulate an era as indelibly as the Los Angeles Dodgers did the 1960s. White, black, Jewish, Christian, wealthy, working class, conservative, liberal--the Dodgers embodied the disparate cultural forces at play in an America riven by race and war. In this book, journalist Michael Leahy tells the story of this mesmerizing time and extraordinary team through seven players--Maury Wills, Sandy Koufax, Wes Parker, Jeff Torborg, Tommy Davis, Dick Tracewski, and Lou Johnson--taking readers through the high drama of their World Series appearances, pivotal triumphs, and individual setbacks while the Dodgers reigned and baseball was king. It is a story about what it was like to be a major leaguer when the country was turned upside down by the tumult of the civil rights movement, a series of wrenching political assassinations, and the shock waves of the Vietnam War. Outside the public eye, these seven Dodgers--friends, mentors, and confidants--struggled to understand their place in society and in a sport controlled by owners whose wishes were fiat. Even as they starred in games watched by millions, they coped with anxieties and indignities their fans knew nothing about--some of their wounds deeply personal, others more common to the times, though no less painful. In their dissatisfaction, they helped plant the seeds of a rebellion that would change their sport. This is a unique portrait of a watershed era in baseball and in America. --Adapted from dust jacket

Tone

• trueMoving

Writing style

• trueCompelling

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

796.357640979494

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult