Red Barber: The Life and Legacy of a Broadcasting Legend
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Book Overview
A Booklist Top 10 Sports & Recreation Book
Finalist for the 2023 Seymour Medal
Finalist for the 2022 CASEY Award Born and raised in rural Mississippi and the even balmier climes of central Florida, Red Barber, at the age of thirty-two, became one of New York City's most influential citizens as the play-by-play announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers. When he arrived in 1939, Barber brought the down-home drawl and idioms of his...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1496222857
ISBN13:9781496222855
Release Date:April 2022
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Length:544 Pages
Weight:2.65 lbs.
Dimensions:1.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
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Broadcasting Legend!
Published by Michael , 2 years ago
All baseball and sports fans will enjoy this biography of Red Barber. I immediately pre-ordered a copy when I leaned of it and I’m happy I did. The authors James R. Walker and Judith R. Hiltner delivered a grand slam home run.
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