{"product_id":"leo-durocher-9781496235237","title":"Leo Durocher","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeo Durocher offers fascinating and fresh insights into the racial integration of baseball, Durocher’s unprecedented suspension from the game, the two clubhouse revolts staged against him in Brooklyn and Chicago, and his vibrant life off the field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An unflinching portrait of a brilliant bastard. Mr. Dickson gives the devil his due and leaves no doubt why so many people could respect Durocher’s baseball genius and still hate his guts.”—\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Paul Dickson] does a great job of capturing the two sides of Durocher, the brilliant manager and the man who hung out with Frank Sinatra and liked to gamble. It’s an excellent book and the chapters focusing on Durocher’s handling of Jackie Robinson and his overall tenure with the Dodgers are must-read for Dodgers fans.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The book is worth reading twice just to see what you may have missed the first time. . . . Enjoy it and be grateful we have Paul [Dickson] among us.”—Tom Hoffarth, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An entertaining book about a truly unique character.”—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The biography by a veteran sportswriter makes a case for the cocky and combative star shortstop and legendary manager as both charming and insufferable, which sounds about right for the guy who both championed Jackie Robinson’s arrival in Brooklyn and insulted him as fat and slow.”—Bill Littlefield, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] well researched, smoothly written biography of a complex man.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Paul Dickson, baseball historian and biographer[,] packs Durocher’s story with enough great stories and colorful anecdotes to fill ten normal books.”—\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] well researched, page-turning book.”—Bob D’Angelo, \u003ci\u003eBooks and Blogs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dickson takes one mighty biographical swing at Leo Durocher, a colorful baseball player and manager. Durocher was a loudmouthed brawler, ladies’ man, fine coach, and coiner of the expression: ‘nice guys finish last.’”—\u003ci\u003eDayton Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The racial integration of the game, which Durocher long advocated, is the book’s crucial secondary story, and it is deftly handled.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Pregame\u003cbr\u003e 2. Enfant Terrible\u003cbr\u003e 3. Damned Yankee\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Red Menace\u003cbr\u003e 5. Gashouse Tough\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Artful Dodger\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mutiny in Flatbush\u003cbr\u003e 8. Game Changer\u003cbr\u003e 9. Exiled\u003cbr\u003e 10. Over the River\u003cbr\u003e 11. Miracle Man\u003cbr\u003e 12. Hollywood Dodger\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Contentious Cub\u003cbr\u003e 14. Endgame\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Rocky Road to Cooperstown\u003cbr\u003e      Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e      Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e      Notes\u003cbr\u003e      Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409244627287,"sku":"9781496235237","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496235237.jpg?v=1730506121","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/leo-durocher-9781496235237","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}