Stengel: His Life and Times

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Summary: A MUST for any lover of baseball
Review: "Stengel: His Life and Times" is no mere biography. It is a chronicle, not only of the earlier days of baseball, but of America itself. As a biography, it is superlative. As a history book, it stands on it's own merits.

Rating:
Summary: A MUST for any lover of baseball
Review: "Stengel: His Life and Times" is no mere biography. It is a chronicle, not only of the earlier days of baseball, but of America itself. As a biography, it is superlative. As a history book, it stands on it's own merits.

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I had read such glowing reviews of this book, and had enjoyed other Creamer works so thoroughly that I was suprised how uninspired I was while reading this. Perhaps I failed to be dazzled by Stengel the man. Perhaps I grew tired of the predictable retelling of Stengel's life, season by season, many of which held no remarkable events. Baseball in '41 is a much more rewarding book, full of wonderful anecdotes well recounted.

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Summary: Informative, often funny, biography of Casey Stengel
Review: In STENGEL, Creamer traces the life of baseball legendCasey Stengel, from his youth in Kansas City through hisbaseball career. Included are dozens of anecdotes which reveal insight into the character of the man known and loved by millions of baseball fans spanning several generations.