The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers, and Their Final Pennant Race Together
by Michael Shapiro
Category: Sports & Recreation

Traces the 1956 pennant win of the Brooklyn Dodgers, citing the regional and personal factors that contributed to their departure to Los Angeles, from the rapid urban changes that were taking place in Brooklyn, to owner Walter O'Malley's search for younger players, to power struggles with Robert Moses. Reprint.