Red Barber

Red Barber

The Life and Legacy of a Broadcasting Legend

Walker, James R.; Hiltner, Judith R.

University of Nebraska Press

04/2022

544

Dura

Inglês

9781496222855

15 a 20 dias

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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Three Scenes
Prologue: Walter Lanier "Red" Barber
Part 1. Foundations in the Old South: "I Was Carefully Taught"
1. Cultured Roots
2. Celery Capital of the World
3. Bumming Corner
4. "Certain Aspects of Bovine Obstetrics"
Part 2. Cincinnati: Big Break
5. Pay Cut
6. Rising Expectations
Part 3. Brooklyn: The Barber of Flatbush
7. Making of a Legend
8. "Blood" on the Radio
9. On the Home Front
10. "Oh, Doctor!"
11. Losing Control, Gaining a Purpose
Part 4. Yankee Years: Never at Home
12. Stadium Work
13. Breakfast in Manhattan
Part 5. Return to Florida: A Writerly Broadcaster
14. A Developing Writer, A Darker Vision
15. Hall of Fame Broadcaster
Part 6. Red's Renaissance: "Red Barber Moved People"
16. National Public Radio
17. A Closed Family
18. Legacies
Epilogue: Walter Lanier "Red" Barber, Revisited
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Sports History; Sports Studies; Broadcast Radio; Mississippi, Florida; New York; Play-By-Play; New York Dodgers; Baseball History; Radio History; Radio Announcer; MLB; Major League Baseball; CBS Radio; Branch Rickey; Jackie Robinson; Baseball's Color Line; Biography; Mass Media; Promoter; Fund Raiser; Progressive; Episcopal; Lay Reader; Fridays With Red; NPR; Morning Edition; Bob Edwards; Spirituality