Contact us on (02) 8445 2300
For all customer service and order enquiries

Woodslane Online Catalogues

9780801890628 Add to Cart Academic Inspection Copy

Colts' Baltimore:

A City and Its Love Affair in the 1950s
  • ISBN-13: 9780801890628
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Michael Olesker
  • Price: AUD $64.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/01/2009
  • Format: Hardback 240 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Sport & leisure industries [KNSP]
Description
Table of
Contents
Reviews
Google
Preview
This 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. The Colts' Baltimore 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.Revealing warm ties between Baltimore and its beloved Colts, Olesker's writing makes the events of 1958 seem like only yesterday.

Preface: The Ghosts of Ball Games Past1. The Lost City2. ""Just Look at Those Awful People""3. The Homely Girl4. ""Way You Chuck 'em In, Hon""5. Father Raymond Berry6. Lenny and Big Daddy7. The Autumn Rituals8. The Last Rites9. A Town without Foreplay10. Sudden Life11. ""They Just Wanted Somebody to Be Happy With""Note on Sources

""Like a love poem... to a more innocent time.""

Google Preview content