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  • The Italian Squad
    Andrew Paul Mele
    At the turn of the twentieth century, thousands of Italian immigrants left their home country for the United States and, particularly, New York City. A small minority of the immigrants were members of a criminal syndicate that largely victimized fellow immigrants. The most common crime was a type of extortion known as 'Black Hand.' The methods of extortion were particularly ...
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    42,94 €

  • 'Caesars of the Diamond'
    Andrew Paul Mele
    One of the largest of the mass immigrations to this country came from Italy in the latter years of the nineteenth century. As the children of these immigrants assimilated into the culture, one of the developing areas of their interest was in the American game of baseball. It soon became apparent to the hardworking parents that baseball provided more than a source of pleasure bu...
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    32,90 €

  • Before the Echoes Fade
    Andrew Paul Mele
    In the annals of the entertainment world, the name of Len Carrie is not a household word. Yet icons like Frankie Avalon, Tiny Tim, Spike Jones, and Frank Sinatra are. And within the aura of these brilliant careers and others like them lies the spirited and talented Len Carrie. A multifaceted individual, Carrie is a pure entertainer. Comic, singer, musician, band leader, his ran...
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    24,49 €

  • 'Tearin’ Up the Pea Patch'
    Andrew Paul Mele
    Arguably the greatest ball club in National League history, the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers recorded some staggering statistics. They led the league in virtually every offensive category while fielding some of the finest defensive players of the era. But the team’s extraordinary success on the field is only part of their story. Jackie Robinson was in his seventh year since break...
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    42,73 €

  • A Brooklyn Dodgers Reader
    Andrew Paul Mele
    The Brooklyn Dodgers are one of the most popular and most beloved baseball teams of all time. This book is a collection of writings about them, arranged chronologically--news reports, articles and excerpts from both fiction and nonfiction works by some of the best baseball writers of the past sixty years. Among them are James L. Terry (from Long Before the Dodgers); John Lar...
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    44,16 €

  • THE BOYS OF BROOKLYN
    Andrew Paul Mele
    Praise for A BROOKLYN DODGERS READER Edited by Andrew Paul Mele Forward by Carl Erskine '....should become one of the standard histories of the irrepressible Dodgers.' - Donald Honig 'One of the finest collections of baseball writings ever assemb...
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    17,64 €