The New York Yankees of the 1950s
Mantle, Stengel, Berra, and a Decade of Dominance

I found this book to be right up there with other Yankee books that I have read about their history. This one focuses on the decade of the fifties. The changing of managers to Stengel and how that did not work so well with DiMaggio. The beginning of Mickey Mantle’s career then being sent down and th......more

I had this book on my library hold list since November and was really excited to read it because when I first began to follow baseball in the mid 50s I really liked the Yankees because it was who we saw on our little black and white tv's. But sadly I was disappointed by this book. It read like an ol......more

This book is well intentioned, but a serious disappointment to anyone with any knowledge about the New York Yankees of this era. I admit that I am a life long Yankees fan and have read numerous books about them. More than half the book is not about the Yankees teams of the stated time period. Instea......more

This is a fantastic history written without hero worship by a Yankees fan. The greatness of the Yankees dominance is understated. I really enjoyed the changes in American culture and society in the 50s that are liberally sprinkled in the work. You truly get a feel of the changing of America while re......more