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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>A rich collection of baseball literature that chronicles the dramatic history of the Philadelphia Phillies<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781566395038&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="1259_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><!--none//--><h1>The Phillies Reader</h1>
<H2>Updated Edition</H2>
<h3>edited by Richard Orodenker</h3>
<P>cloth 1-56639-503-8 $26.50, Nov 96, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Stock Unavailable</FONT>
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<BR> 302 pp
6x9
</P><p>An anthology of some of the best writing about the up-and-down history of the Philadelphia Phillies, this updated paperback edition features several new essays—including one about Citizens Bank Park—and the team's recent history. The stories herein provide fans with some of the best sportswriting about the woes and triumphs of Phillies baseball.
<p><i>The Phillies Reader</i> features essays on the athletic achievements of such legendary players as Chuck Klein, Richie Ashburn, Dick Allen, and Mike Schmidt; the political turmoil surrounding the "ok" from manager Ben Chapman to "ride" Jackie Robinson about the color of his skin; the bizarre shooting of Eddie Waitkus; the heroics of the Whiz Kids; the heartbreak of '64; and the occasional triumphs and frequent travails of controversial managers Gene Mauch, Frank Lucchesi, and Danny Ozark. It asks why fans boo great players such as Del Ennis, but forgave Pat Burrell for his horrendous 2003 slump.
<p>Featuring essays by Red Smith, Pete Dexter, Roger Angell, and James Michener, among others, <i>The Phillies Reader</i> presents a compendium of Phillies literature that reveals what it is that makes legends.
<BR> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p>
<BR> <h2>Reviews</h2>
<p><i>"Orodenker has assembled some great material from truly superb writers.... The writing is so good that even those who detest the Phillies but love baseball will appreciate the 46 essays collected here."</i>
<br>—<b><i>Philadelphia Style</i></b>
<p><i>"If you are a genuine Phillies fan, once you pick [</i>The Phillies Reader<i>] up, you won't put it down until you've read it cover to cover."</i>
<br>—<b><i>The Philadelphia Public Record</i></b>
<p>Praise for the First Edition:
<p><i>"If you like baseball and good writing, chances are you'll find </i>The Phillies Reader<i> a good read, indeed."</i>
<br>—<b><i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i></b>
<BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P>
<p>Introduction
<p><b>Part I: Early Years</b>
<br>1. Delahanty Hits Four Home Runs – <I>The Chicago Tribune</I>
<br>2. "Young Cy" vs. The Phillies – Charles Dryden
<br>3. How I Lost the 1915 World Series – Grover Cleveland Alexander
<br>4. When Casey Was a Phillie – Robert W. Creamer
<p><b>Part II: Futile Phils</b>
<br>5. The Pitchless Wonders – Jack Orr
<br>6. Klein Hits Four Home Runs – <I>The Philadelphia Inquirer</I>
<br>7. The Doormats of the Loop – Al Horwits
<br>8. Nugent Show Them, Instead – Red Smith
<p><b>Part III: Phillies in Black and White</b>
<br>9. The All-Black Phillies? – Bill Veeck as told to Ed Linn
<br>10. "We Doan Need No Niggers Here" – Roger Kahn
<br>11. "Phillies Warned On 'Riding' Jackie" – Wendell Smith
<br>12. Major League "Dozens" Playing – Dan Burley
<br>13. Johnny Kennedy – Claude E. Harrison, Jr
<p><b>Part IV: Whiz Kids</b>
<br>14. Eddie Waitkus – Ira Berkow
<br>15. The Whiz Kids Come of Age – Bob Stevens
<br>16. Game Two, 1950 – Joe Williams
<br>17. First Robin of Fling (Robin Roberts) – Edgar Williams
<br>18. The Nebraska Comet (Richie Ashburn) – Mike Gaven
<br>19. Baseball Eye – John Lardner
<br>20. The Tragedy of the Phillies – Ed Linn
<p><b>Part V: The Mauch Years</b>
<br>21. The Many Moods of Mauch – Furman Bisher
<br>22. The Dalton Gang Rides Again – Walter Bingham
<br>23. One in a Row – Sandy Grady
<br>24. What It Feels Like to Lose 23 in a Row – Si Burick
<br>25. Something Special (Dick Allen) – Larry Murchant
<br>26. Daddy's Day Pitcher (Jim Bunning) – Ray Robinson
<br>27. A Week with the Phillies – Arnold Hano
<br>28. Out with a Whimper – Sandy Grady
<br>29. The Survivors of '64: Johnny Callison – Stan Hochman
<br>30. Uecker's (Next-to) Last Hurrah – Bob Uecker and Mickey Herskovitz
<p><b>Part VI: The Lucchesi Interlude</b>
<br>31. Thoroughly Modern Phillies – Roy Blount, Jr.
<br>32. The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strained – Tom Cushman
<br>33. The Axman Cometh (Frank Lucchesi) – Frank Dolson
<p><b>Part VII: The Ozark Era</b>
<br>34. Mike Schmidt Hits Four Home Runs – Allen Lewis
<br>35. A Flag for Betsy Ross's Town – Red Smith
<br>36. The Ten Minute Collapse – Bill Conlin
<br>37. Life and Death through the Years with the Phillies – James A. Michener
<br>38. Body and Soul (Mike Schmidt) – Tony Kornheiser
<br>39. Thin Mountain Air (Steve Carlton) – Pat Jordan
<br>40. The Wizard of Oze, through the Years (Danny Ozark) – Ted Silary
<p><b>Part VIII: Championship Seasons</b>
<br>41. 1980: It Wasn't Pretty but It Sure Was Fun – Thomas Boswell
<br>42. What Money Hath (and Hathn't) Wrought – Wilfrid Sheed
<br>43. Bah, Humbug! – Pete Dexter
<br>44. The Metroliner Series – Roger Angell
<br>45. Long-Haired Aliens Cross the Border – George Vecsey
<br>46. Game Four—When Four Hours, 14 Minutes and 14 Runs Weren't Enough – Bruce Bushel
</P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2>
<P><b>Richard Orodenker</b> teaches American Studies and English at Penn State Abington and Community College of Philadelphia. He is author of <i>The Writers' Game: Baseball Writing in America</i>, <i>Twentieth-Century American Sportswriters</i>, and <i>American Sportswriters and Writers on Sports</i>.</P>
<P>Contributors: Charles Dryden, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Robert W. Creamer, Jack Orr, Al Horwits, Red Smith, Bill Veeck, Ed Linn, Roger Kahn, Wendell Smith, Dan Burley, Claude E. Harrison, Jr., Ira Berkow, Bob Stevens, Joe Williams, Edgar Williams, Mike Gaven, John Lardner, Ed Linn, Furman Bisher, Walter Bingham, Si Burick, Larry Merchant, Ray Robinson, Arnold Hano, Sandy Grady, Stan Hochman, Bob Uecker, Mickey Herskovitz, Roy Blount, Fr., Tom Cushman, Frank Dolson, Allen Lewis, Bill Conlin, James A. Michener, Tony Kornheiser, Pat Jordan, Ted Silary, Thomas Boswell, Wilfrid Sheed, Pete Dexter, Roger Angell, George Vecsey, Bruce Bushel.</P>
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