Forever blue
Subtitle: the true story of Walter O'Malley, baseball's most controversial owner, and the Dodgers of Brooklyn and Los Angeles
By: Michael D'Antonio
Edition: 1st Riverhead trade pbk ed.
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9781594484414
Subjects: Baseball team owners; Biography; Baseball; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team); Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)
Description: A profile of the enigmatic owner of the Dodgers chronicles the Tammany Hall origins that enabled him to become wealthy during the Depression, his clashes with power broker Robert Moses, and how the team's relocation and stadium construction shaped Los Angeles.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Riverhead Books, ©2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-373) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Two O'Malleys; title: 2. A man about New York; title: 3. The Dodger business; title: 4. Rickey, O'Malley, and Smith; title: 5. O'Malley's Dodgers; title: 6. O'Malley's rules; title: 7. California calls; title: 8. Wow! Wow! Wow!; title: 9. Last-ditch stand; title: 10. O'Malley's choice; title: 11. The battle of Chavez Ravine; title: 12. El Dorado.