The Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City

The Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City
by Jonathan Mahler

The Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City
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Author: Jonathan Mahler
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-26
ISBN: 0312427026
Number of pages: 376
Publisher: Picador

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Book Review: The Bronx Is Burning inside and out of the Yankees
Summary: 5 Stars

The Bronx Is Burning

Summer 1976. A mischievous killer is on the loose and the Yankees are trying to go from worst to first. The trial for the Son of Same has gone cold. The Yankees are trying to win whatever in takes. Explosive and unpredictable Billy Martin is fried up but more importantly he is threatening to leave the Yankees again but who knows if he is really going to leave. George Steinbrenner is on the verge of cutting every coach on the team until Reggie Jackson comes to town and answers all his critics with his bat. Until Reggie gets into a slump and is on the verge of getting cut when he says the world famous quote "I'm the straw that stirs the drink." Reggie denies this quote to this day. This book taught me about the history but I really wasn't thinking about that because I was so into the book.

I liked this book because I like the Yankees and I think that it is cool to learn about your favorite team's history. I also liked it because my dad remembered when this happened. My dad says that this time was very scary. I think that it is very cool that this amazing book is a true story. I really like how this book ended. The Yankees are the best sport team in the history of sports and this was to me one of the best years of Yankee history.

M.S.

Summary of The Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
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Scheduled for release in July 2007 as an ESPN original miniseries, starring John Turturro as Billy Martin, Oliver Platt as George Steinbrenner, and Daniel Sunjata as Reggie Jackson.
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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.
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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.

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