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"The 1927 Yankees
may or may not have been the best team ever, but surely this is
the best book about that concentration of talent."–George
Will
"An engrossing
and entertaining look at a mythical baseball team. Ride the trains
and chew the tobacco and have fun."—
Leigh Montville, author of “The Big Bam: The Life and Times
of Babe Ruth”
Five
O’clock Lightning: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the Greatest
Baseball Team in History, The 1927 New York Yankees
By Harvey Frommer
The 1927 New York
Yankees are widely regarded as one of the greatest baseball teams
of all-time. From the “Murderer’s Row” lineup to
the near mythic status that surrounded them in Prohibition-era New
York City and elsewhere, celebrated author Harvey Frommer tells
the fascinating story of the greatest season of baseball’s
greatest team in FIVE O’CLOCK LIGHTNING.
Based on an oral
history, long-buried letters, and diary notations, FIVE O’CLOCK
LIGHTNING: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the Greatest Baseball Team
in History, The 1927 New York Yankees (Wiley; November 2007;
$24.95; Cloth; ISBN: 9780471778127) paints a vivid portrait of the
best team in baseball chasing greatness in Jazz Age New York City
just before the Depression changed everything. Told in chronological
order and through colorful details from the 1927 Yankees’ private
and public lives, as well as the kinds of minutiae baseball fans
love (salaries, batting orders, standings, stats) and stories about
the complicated task of building a cohesive team from a collection
of superstars, FIVE O’CLOCK LIGHTNING reveals the hidden history
of America’s greatest ball club, from the team’s compilation
in the 1926 off-season (only one year after the Yanks’ disastrous
’25 season) to the World Series’ final pitch.
About the Author:
Harvey Frommer (New York, NY, and Lyme, NH) is a well-known oral
historian and sports author who has written 39 sports books and
has appeared on numerous television and radio programs. Cited in
the Congressional Record and the New York State Legislature as a
sports historian, he is Professor Emeritus, City University of New
York, and a professor at Dartmouth College in the Master of Arts
in Liberal Studies program.
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Five O’clock
Lightning: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the Greatest Baseball Team
in History, The 1927 New York Yankees
By Harvey Fommer
Wiley
Publication Date: November 2007
$24.95, Cloth
ISBN: 978-0-471-77812-7
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