The Heyday of Willie, Duke, and Mickey
new york city baseball's golden age amid integration
$56.10
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
16 April 2026
Summary
The Golden Diamond: Baseball’s Heyday in Postwar New York
A new perspective on postwar New York City baseball, including the city’s Negro League teams
In the golden age of baseball, three Major League Baseball teams in New York City vied for supremacy on the diamond, with the New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, and New York Yankees each winning at least one World Series. Too often overlooked, the Negro Leagues had five teams in the city fighting for primacy i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798881842574 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Robert C. Cottrell |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 16 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 503g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Robert C. Cottrell
Robert Cottrell was a longtime professor of history and American studies at California State University, Chico. He taught a course for many years on American Popular Culture and offered seminars on baseball and American culture. He is the author of The Best Pitcher in Baseball: The Life of Rube Foster, Negro League Giant; Blackball, the Black Sox, and the Babe: Baseball’s Crucial 1920 Season; Two Pioneers: How Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson Transformed Baseball—and America; and The Year Without a World Series: Major League Baseball and the Road to the 1994 Players’ Strike. He lives in California.
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