Bums: an Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)

Kliatt | November 1, 2004| | Copyright

BUMS: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE BROOKLYN DODGERS. Peter Golenbock. 2000/2003. Read by Raymond Todd. 14 tapes. 19.5 hrs. Blacks:one. 0-7861-2423-7 $134.95. Vinyl; content, author notes. JSA

What makes Golenbock's moving and comprehensive book special is the way he has woven interviews of many of the Dodger greats into his narrative of the history of the team. Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Dee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, Carl Furillo, Branch Rickey, Leo Durocher, Cookie Lavagetto, Gil Hodges, Ralph Branca, Carl Erskine, and Johnny Podres are all here in deed, and many in ...

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