MAN IN THE CROWD CL

by COHEN,STANLEY

• ISBN13: 9781616086916
• ISBN10: 1616086912
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-07-17
• Publisher: FRWHEEL

Summary

For Stanley Cohen, baseball is the prism through which he views the events of the last seventy years. In The Man in the Crowd, Cohen chronicles America s changing mood and lifestyle from the years of World War II through the silent generation of the fifties, the revolutionary turmoil of the sixties through the social decay of the seventies, the excess of the eighties through the technological transformation of the nineties, up through the sobering uncertainty of the post- 9/11 present day. His narrative spans four generations as he recounts in sparkling prose how, for his immigrant father, sports was a means of assimilation into life in the New World; the warmth of watching his son and, later, his grandson both fall heir to his devotion; and how the game of baseball has provided his life with its truest sense of continuity.

Author Biography

Stanley Cohen is a veteran award-winning newspaper and magazine journalist. He has worked as an editor, writer, and reporter for newspapers, magazines, and an international news service for more than fifty years and has also taught writing, journalism, and philosophy at Hunter College. He is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed The Game They Played. He lives in Tomkins Cove, New York.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 1
The Birth of a Fan	p. 7
Coming of Age	p. 17
Wartime Baseball	p. 25
The Past Returns	p. 33
A Generations Turning	p. 43
Running Counter to the Trend	p. 57
The Winds of Change	p. 69
The Fascination Wanes	p. 87
A Special Year	p. 99
A Feast of Victory	p. 109
Rebirth of a Fan	p. 125
A Winner at Last	p. 133
Modem Times	p. 143
The Magic Is Back	p. 153
Baseball Goes on Strike	p. 167
The Mets to the Rescue	p. 175
A New Era	p. 189
A Tarnished Decade	p. 201
A New Dynasty	p. 211
New York at the Edge	p. 221
The Torch Is Passed	p. 233
Author's Note	p. 239
About the Author	p. 241
Bibliography	p. 243
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