The Bronx is Burning

Author:

By Jonathan Mahler

Format:

Paperback

Availability:

In print, usually dispatched within 5-7 days.

Price:

£9.99

Tagged with:

Baseball, Baseball Teams, New York, New York Yankees

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Further Details

• Published: 26th Jun 2007
• ISBN: 0312427026
• Pages: 376

From the Publisher:

A kaleidoscopic portrait of New York City in 1977, "The Bronx Is Burning" is the story of two epic battles: the fight between Yankee Reggie Jackson and team manager Billy Martin, and the battle between Mario Cuomo and Ed Koch for the city's mayorship. Buried beneath these parallel conflicts--one for the soul of baseball, the other for the soul of the city--was the subtext of race.

Deftly intertwined by journalist Jonathan Mahler, these braided Big Apple narratives reverberate to reveal a year that also saw the opening of Studio 54, the acquisition of the "New York Post" by Rupert Murdoch, a murderer dubbed the "Son of Sam," the infamous blackout, and the evolution of punk rock. As Koch defeated Cuomo, and as Reggie Jackson rescued a team racked with dissension, 1977 became a year of survival--and also of hope.