A Magic Summer
The Amazin' Story of the 1969 New York Mets
1st Edition
Published on 14. April 2009
320 pages
978-1-62636-794-4 (ISBN)
Description
A Magic Summer tells of that remarkable season by chronicling the major events as viewed twenty years later. Interviews conducted twenty years after with members of the team-Seaver, Ryan, McGraw, and others-provide immediacy and, with that, fascinating updates and insights. This is a unique record and celebration of a season that Mets fans-and all baseball fans-will not soon forget.
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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.
Content
- Intro
- Also by
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- PROLOGUE
- PART ONE - A New Look
- CHAPTER 1
- CHAPTER 2
- PART TWO - Signs of Hope
- CHAPTER 3
- CHAPTER 4
- CHAPTER 5
- PART THREE - Learning to Win
- CHAPTER 6
- CHAPTER 7
- PART FOUR - Racing with the Moon
- CHAPTER 8
- CHAPTER 9
- CHAPTER 10
- PART FIVE - Relapse
- CHAPTER 11
- CHAPTER 12
- PART SIX - 'Look Who's No. 1'
- CHAPTER 13
- CHAPTER 14
- CHAPTER 15
- PART SEVEN - Late Summer Magic
- CHAPTER 16
- CHAPTER 17
- PART EIGHT - Pennant
- CHAPTER 18
- CHAPTER 19
- PART NINE - World Champions
- CHAPTER 20
- CHAPTER 21
- CHAPTER 22
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- STATISTICS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
