{"product_id":"the-colts-baltimore-michael-olesker-9780801890628","title":"The Colts' Baltimore: A City and Its Love Affair in the 1950s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThird Place, General Trade Hardcover Nonfiction, 2009 New York Book Show. Bookbinders' Guild of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Michael Olesker's nostalgic reminiscence of 1958, the year the Baltimore Colts defeated the New York Giants in sudden-death overtime in a game that still grips the emotions of Baltimoreans. Olesker recaptures the city's love affair with the Colts in a series of thoughtful and colorful stories that give voice to such notable characters as Colts players Johnny Unitas and Art Donovan, politicians Tommy D'Alesandro and Jack Pollack, entertainers Buddy Deane and Royal Parker, sportscasters Chuck Thompson and Vince Bagli, and filmmaker John Waters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Colts' Baltimore\u003c\/i\u003e also traces the changing cultural landscape of the city just entering an age of revolution--a time when schools were being racially integrated, rock and roll played on the radio, and Baltimore was planning to renew the dilapidated downtown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevealing warm ties between Baltimore and its beloved Colts, Olesker's writing makes the events of 1958 seem like only yesterday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Olesker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801890624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801890628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Michael Olesker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072783479039,"sku":"9780801890628","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_add471ab-a571-4d44-a86e-e6436157a91b.jpg?v=1685443933","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-colts-baltimore-michael-olesker-9780801890628","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}