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Cincinnati and the Big Red Machine
by Robert Harris Walker
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Indiana University Press (1988-07-01)
ISBN: 0253213703
EAN: 9780253213709
Dewey Decimal #: 796.357640977178
Binding/Media: Paperback - 180 pages
SKU: 0904130005
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: clean and unmarked, big ding on mid spine - Thanks!
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
"... this is the history of a surprisingly fascinating symbiosis, of as much interest to social historians as to baseball fans." -- Publishers Weekly "... a sound account of a baseball team's place in the life of a community... effectively focused on the most exciting era of a club that has meant so much to so many people." -- Greensboro (NC) News & Record "Any baseball buff will enjoy this entertaining look at the hey-day of the Big Red Machine." -- Monterey (CA) Herald In interviews with players, including Bench, Rose, Concepcion, Perez, manager Sparky Anderson, journalists, owners, and civic leaders, Walker reveals what it is that defines the Reds, and what Cincinnati as a city represents.
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Customer Reviews
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Walker Hits A Homer
Rating  (5)
Date: 2005-01-27
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
The book begins with an excellent demographic background of Cincinnati and the surrounding area and gives the reader a true feeling of the baseball climate in SW Ohio, in 1869 and now. I found the interviews with Sparky Anderson, Buddy Bell, Johnny Bench, Brooks Robinson, Bernie Stowe, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, and a host of others insightful and enlightening. This is no typical historical biography of the Big Red Machine. This is an indepth look at what made the Machine tick and how it accomplished the amazing feats it did. This book is a must for the true Reds fan and baseball lover.
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The Great Robert,The Hub, Walker.
Rating (5)
Date: 1997-03-30
4 out of 26 customers found this reveiw helpful
The author of Cincinnati and the Big Red Machine is one of the world's greatest writers and my father. He is Robert H. Walker; not Robert Martin Walker as per the above interview. I'm sure that Robert Martin Walker is a talented author as well, but I think an interview with my Dad would be much more interesting on this subject. He has a great sense of humor too.
It's a great book and I'm glad to see it listed.
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