The โcompellingโย New York Timesย bestseller by the Pulitzer Prizeโwinning journalist, capturing the 1964 World Series between the Yankees and Cardinals (Newsweek).
ย David Halberstam, an avid sports writer with an investigative reporterโs tenacity, superbly details the end of the fifteen-year reign of the New York Yankees in October 1964. That October found the Yankees going head-to-head with the St. Louis Cardinals for the World Series pennant. Expertly weaving the narrative threads of both teamsโ seasons, Halberstam brings the major personalities on the fieldโfrom switch-hitter Mickey Mantle to pitcher Bob Gibsonโto life. Using the teamsโ subcultures, Halberstam also analyzes the cultural shifts of the sixties. The result is a unique blend of sports writing and cultural history as engrossing as it is insightful.ย This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.