Spirit of '67: The Cardiac Kids, El Birdos, and the World Series That Captivated America (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442233164)

Using the colorful and tumultuous 1960s as a backdrop, acclaimed author Thomas J. Whalen's Spirit of '67: The Cardiac Kids, El Birdos, and the World Series That Captivated America shows how the Red Sox and Cardinals waged an epic battle for baseball supremacy that captured the imagination of weary Americans looking for escape from the urban riots, racial turmoil, and antiwar protests that were roiling 1960s society. "How many people ever do anything that makes so many people happy?" Sox pitcher Gary Bell asked years later, in reference to their classic autumn clash. The book examines the unique bond that each team had with its own fanbase, going back to each franchise's chaotic beginning at the turn of the twentieth century. Relating issues of ethnicity, politics, class, and economics, Whalen sets out to reveal the exactly what was at stake in the 1967 fall classic, and how echoes from that unforgettable season still ring through both cities, and American culture, to this day.

Author: Thomas J. Whalen
ISBN-10: 1442233168
ISBN-13: 9781442233164
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2017
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/01/2017 pg. 42