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The fight of their lives : how Juan Marichal and John Roseboro turned baseball's ugliest brawl into a story of forgiveness and redemption
- Title
- The fight of their lives : how Juan Marichal and John Roseboro turned baseball's ugliest brawl into a story of forgiveness and redemption / John Rosengren.
- Author
- Rosengren, John.
- Publication
- Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, [2014]
- ©2014
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Details
- Description
- x, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Examines the pivotal fight between Juan Marichal and John Roseboro in August 1965, exploring the mindsets of each player before, during, and after the brawl, and how the incident caused the two to unite against racial prejudices and become friends.
- Subject
- Note
- "How Juan Marichal and John Roseboro turned baseball's ugliest brawl into a story of forgiveness and redemption"--Jacket.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.
- Contents
- A moment of madness -- El Rey de Ponche -- My own little bailiwick -- The pride of the Dominican -- Filling Campy's shoes -- Summer of fury -- Bloody Sunday -- This ain't over -- That's not how the story goes -- Johnny, I need your help -- The man behind the mask.
- Call Number
- Sc E 15-496
- ISBN
- 9780762787128 (hbk.)
- 0762787120 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2013045554
- OCLC
- 863632805
- Author
- Rosengren, John.
- Title
- The fight of their lives : how Juan Marichal and John Roseboro turned baseball's ugliest brawl into a story of forgiveness and redemption / John Rosengren.
- Publisher
- Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 15-496