LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE BRONX IS BURNING. Copyright © 2005 by Jonathan Mahler. All rights reserved.
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eISBN 9781429931038
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mahler, Jonathan, 1969–
Ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning : 1977, baseball, politics, and the battle for the soul of a city / Jonathan Mahler.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-312-42430-2
EAN 978-0-312-42430-5
1. New York (N.Y.)—History—1951–2. New York (N.Y.)—Social conditions—20th century. 3. City and town life—New York (State)—New York—History—20th century. 4. New York (N.Y.)—Social life and customs—20th century. 5. New York Yankees (Baseball team)—, History—20th century. 6. New York Yankees (Baseball team)—Biography. 7. Mahler, Jonathan, 1969–—Childhood and youth. I. Title.
F128.52.M25 2005
974.7’043-dc22
2004016804