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Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781541742215)
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xA story about baseball, family, the American Dream, and the fight to turn Los Angeles into a big league city.
Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s, those communities were condemned to make way for a utopian public housing project. Then, in a remarkable turn, public housing in the city was defeated amidst a Red Scare conspiracy.
Instead of getting their homes back, the remaining residents saw the city sell their land to Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Now LA would be getting a different sort of utopian fantasy -- a glittering, ultra-modern stadium.
But before Dodger Stadium could be built, the city would have to face down the neighborhood's families -- including one, the Ar chigas, who refused to yield their home. The ensuing confrontation captivated the nation - and the divisive outcome still echoes through Los Angeles today.
Author: Eric Nusbaum
ISBN-10: 1541742214
ISBN-13: 9781541742215
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Language: English
Published: 03/24/2020
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.50d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2020
Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s, those communities were condemned to make way for a utopian public housing project. Then, in a remarkable turn, public housing in the city was defeated amidst a Red Scare conspiracy.
Instead of getting their homes back, the remaining residents saw the city sell their land to Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Now LA would be getting a different sort of utopian fantasy -- a glittering, ultra-modern stadium.
But before Dodger Stadium could be built, the city would have to face down the neighborhood's families -- including one, the Ar chigas, who refused to yield their home. The ensuing confrontation captivated the nation - and the divisive outcome still echoes through Los Angeles today.
Author: Eric Nusbaum
ISBN-10: 1541742214
ISBN-13: 9781541742215
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Language: English
Published: 03/24/2020
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.50d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2020
By Eric Nusbaum
xEric Nusbaum is a former sports editor at VICE. In addition to VICE, his work on sports, history, and culture has appeared in ESPN the Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Outside, The Daily Beast, Deadspin, and the Best American Sports Writing anthology. Eric was born and raised in L.A. He has spent many hours both attending games at Dodger Stadium, and sitting in traffic to reach those games. He has also lived and worked in Seattle and Mexico City
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