True Yankees

Author : Dane A. Morrison
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421415437
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Yankees written by Dane A. Morrison and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] fascinating perspective on how America’s early voyages of commerce and discovery to the exotic South Seas helped the new nation forge its identity.” —Eric Jay Dolan, bestselling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters Drawing on private journals, letters, ships’ logs, memoirs, and newspaper accounts, True Yankees traces America’s earliest encounters on a global stage through the exhilarating experiences of five Yankee seafarers. Merchant Samuel Shaw spent a decade scouring the marts of China and India for goods that would captivate the imaginations of his countrymen. Mariner Amasa Delano toured much of the Pacific hunting seals. Explorer Edmund Fanning circumnavigated the globe, touching at various Pacific and Indian Ocean ports of call. In 1829, twenty-year-old Harriett Low reluctantly accompanied her merchant uncle and ailing aunt to Macao, where she recorded trenchant observations of expatriate life. And sea captain Robert Bennet Forbes’s last sojourn in Canton coincided with the eruption of the First Opium War. How did these bold voyagers approach and do business with the people in the region, whose physical appearance, practices, and culture seemed so strange? And how did native men and women—not to mention the European traders who were in direct competition with the Americans—regard these upstarts who had fought off British rule? The accounts of these adventurous travelers reveal how they and hundreds of other mariners and expatriates influenced the ways in which Americans defined themselves, thereby creating a genuinely brash national character—the “true Yankee.” Readers who love history and stories of exploration on the high seas will devour this gripping tale. “The book is informative and entertaining, a rare combination. Highly recommended.” —Choice

Author : Bob Klapisch
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 : 1328589358
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside the Empire written by Bob Klapisch and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2019 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Author : Dane A. Morrison
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421415429
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Yankees written by Dane A. Morrison and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014-12-22 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With American independence came the freedom to sail anywhere in the world under a new flag. Drawing on private journals, letters, ships' logs, memoirs, and newspaper accounts, this book traces America's earliest encounters on a global stage through the exhilarating experiences of five Yankee seafarers.

Author : Ray Negron
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060898704
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boy of Steel written by Ray Negron and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2006-08-29 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Michael Steel loves to watch the New York Yankees on TV—from his hospital bed. Michael has brain cancer. But when Yankee second baseman Robinson Cano visits Michael in the hospital, Michael embarks on an unexpected and wonderful journey when he becomes a Yankee batboy for a day. It's his baseball dream come true! When Michael's illness makes him weak on the field, can he be strong enough to fulfill his batboy duties and make his new teammates proud? With a little help from Yankee greats Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Roger Maris, and Mickey Mantle, Michael Steel earns his nickname "The Boy of Steel" and learns a very important lesson: Never stop fighting! Laura Seeley's vibrant, action-packed illustrations illuminate Ray Negron's touching and triumphant story, and children and parents alike will root for Michael as they learn about baseball, cancer, and a life lesson we all need to know. With a foreword by Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos, The Boy of Steel will be a hit with your little baseball fan.

Author : Glenn Stout
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618085279
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yankees Century written by Glenn Stout and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs and essays help chronicle one hundred years of history for the New York Yankees professional baseball team, profiling key players, coaches, and moments in the team's history.

Author : Mark Simon
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1633195252
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yankees Index written by Mark Simon and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yankees fans have witnessed improbable feats, extraordinary achievements, and unmatched performances during the team's 100-plus seasons. The Yankees Index details the numbers every Yankees fan—from the rookie attending his first game at Yankee Stadium to the veteran who recalls Ron Guidry's days on the mound—should know. Author Mark Simon tells the stories behind the most memorable moments and achievements in Yankees history in this full-color book full of insightful and fun infographics and history.

Author : Jane Heller
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 1605293652
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confessions of a She-Fan written by Jane Heller and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2009-02-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two months into the 2007 baseball season, novelist Jane Heller, an obsessed Yankee fan heartsick over their poor play, announced her intention to divorce the team, on grounds of mental cruelty, in the pages of the New York Times. Her words inflamed the passions of sports lovers across the country, and her piece quickly became the newspaper's most e-mailed and talked-about article in the week it ran. The intense reaction of fans forced Heller to look inward, and to re-examine her feelings about winning and losing. Was she a "bandwagon" fan, as some branded her? A traitor? Confessions of a She-Fan is a witty, observant, and decidedly female look at the nature of the bond between fan and team. Jane Heller goes in search of answers. With her husband as her traveling partner, she literally follows the Bronx Bombers through the rest of their challenging 2007 season, hoping to score interviews with the players, watch every game in every city, and inject some excitement into her marriage. Through interactions with other fans, as well as members of the media covering the Yankees, plus game-by-game analyses, Heller learns personal life lessons about competition, loyalty, and acceptance—and about why baseball, like any truly romantic relationship, requires commitment, patience, and a deep, abiding love.

Author : The Associated Press
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780810982611
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New York Yankees 365 written by The Associated Press and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruth. Gehrig. DiMaggio. Mantle. Maris. Jackson. Jeter. Among sports teams the world over, the New York Yankees reign supreme. With a fan base that spans generations and continents, household name players in every era of their existence, and an unparalleled record of success, the Yankees are as much an American institution as they are a famed and beloved baseball legacy. New York Yankees 365 is a colorful archive of and tribute to the history of the Yankees, giving a complete overview of the team's ups and downs, heroes and antiheroes, and most memorable moments. Charting their early struggles as the New York Highlanders to their first game in the new Yankee Stadium, New York Yankees 365 brings life to all the triumphs and icons--both on the field and off. Taken from the voluminous photo archives of the Associated Press, these images are joined by insightful commentary and a running timeline of key Yankee milestones.

Author : Brian Howell
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1629688312
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New York Yankees written by Brian Howell and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside MLB profiles each of the 30 franchises in Major League Baseball. New York Yankees is a beginner's history of the Yankees, covering the beginnings of the franchise, the greatest and lowest moments of the team, and the best players and managers. Fun facts, anecdotes, and sidebars round out the story of each club, allowing your readers to get Inside MLB! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Bill Madden
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1617496480
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Damned Yankees written by Bill Madden and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A firsthand, behind-the-scenes account of the turmoil that pervaded the New York Yankee franchise in the late 1970s, this book discusses George Steinbrenner's purchase and continual rebuilding of the team--alongside a colorful cast of players and businessmen. Not merely a look at the time spent in Yankee Stadium, this chronicle also describes the team's public arguments, practical jokes, drunken excess, self-aggrandizing publicity efforts, and the ups and downs that accompanied the Yankees and George Steinbrenner through the 1970s and beyond.