Stengel: His Life and Times (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803263673)

One of the most endearing of American heroes, Casey Stengel guided the New York Yankees to ten pennants in twelve seasons. Here is the brilliant manager stripped naked--the person underneath all the clowning, mugging, and double-talking.

Robert Creamer shows us Casey at twenty-two, famous from his very first day in the big leagues. We see Casey's playing career fall apart as he is traded, shunted to last-place teams, hampered by injuries, considered finished--until he bats a glorious home run in the 1923 World Series. Here are Casey's managing successes and failures--dismissed by the Yankees, he returns to the limelight with his new and inept New York Mets, the team he single-handedly lifts into the nation's consciousness.

"I'm a man that's been up and down," Casey said in a serious moment. Certainly his knack for bouncing back made him a legend in our national pastime. Here are the stories and gags, the Stengelian style, the full dimensions of the man.

Author: Robert W. Creamer
ISBN-10: 0803263678
ISBN-13: 9780803263673
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/1996
Pages: 349
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.03w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 04/07/1996 pg. 24