THE MIRACLE AT COOGAN'S BLUFF
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and dated by Ralph Branca and Bobby Thomson on the half-title, with a postcard for the sports collectors show in Fullerton, California where they appeared on December 1, 1991. With this brilliant reconstruction of the 1951 season, which culminated in one of the most famous moments in baseball history: Bobby Thompson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" walk-off home run off Ralph Branca in the decisive third game for the National League pennant, Thomas Kiernan succeeded in doing for the New York Giants what Roger Kahn did for the Brooklyn Dodgers in The Boys of Summer (1972). Octavo: viii, [2], 284 pp. with textual photographs. Original green cloth binding, with white- and orange-stamped titles. Remainder mark to the bottom edge. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn, with a minor crease to the rear flap; else very good or better. Very good / Very good. Item #78826
Price: $200.00