To Every Thing a Season: Shibe Park and Urban Philadelphia, 1909-1976

by Bruce Kuklick

Overview

Shibe Park was demolished in 1976, and today its site is surrounded by the devastation of North Philadelphia. Kuklick, however, vividly evokes the feelings people had about the home of the Philadelphia Athletics and later the Phillies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691021041
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	01/31/1993
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bruce Kuklick is Killebrew Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"An exceptionally valuable contribution to the new genre of serious and adult baseball history. . . . As for those who say how important is a ball park really, I'd say this. In a way the Coliseum was a ball park. Look at how much it tells us about Imperial Rome."—Roger Kahn

Roger Kahn

An exceptionally valuable contribution to the new genre of serious and adult baseball history. . . . As for those who say how important is a ball park really, I'd say this. In a way the Coliseum was a ball park. Look at how much it tells us about Imperial Rome.

Editorial Reviews

Winner of the 1991 SABR-MacMillan Book Award, Society for American Baseball Research

Winner of the 1991 Casey Award, Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine

"One of the most important baseball books in recent years."—-George Robinson, Washington Post

From the Publisher

"[Kuklick] shows what a ballpark can mean to a neighborhood: 'Shibe Park was a place where uncommon deeds gave people a sense of commonality. In this, its special beauty, the game at Shibe Park rose above the flaws of its businessmen, its players, and its fans.'"

Sports Illustrated

"[Kuklick] writes with authority, perspective, and compassion."

Philadelphia Inquirer

One of the most important baseball books in recent years.

Washington Post - George Robinson

One of the most important baseball books in recent years.
— George Robinson

Washington Post