September Swoon

Drawing on interviews with 1964 Phillies team members and sportswriters, a historian who has written extensively on athletics in the northeastern US traces the team's rare National League Race win that year within a history of racial tensions that included blaming its first black superstar for earlier losses. The preface by a former Philadelphian adds further insights on the era's social milieu. Kashatus supplies player updates, statistics, photos, and references. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR