Stealing Home is a relevant and important book--and a fantastic read.” —Margot Lee Shetterly, author of Hidden Figures "―David Maraniss, New York Times-bestselling author of When Pride Still Mattered and Clemente "As a sports book, Stealing Home is astonishingly good-but it's more than just a sports book.
He published a book about it, “Stealing Home,” last week. virtual: eric nusbaum, "stealing home" & paul goldberger, "ballpark" friday, june 19, 2020 Stealing Home Eric Nusbaum. Stealing Home… Eric Nusbaum's "Stealing Home" follows a family displaced from Chavez Ravine, where Dodger Stadium was built. ; Earphones Awards Search our favorite listens with these award winners. Eric Nusbaum, the writer of Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between, is far from the first to chronicle the neighborhoods of Palo Verde, Bishop and Loma. ; Narrators. ; Podcast Check out our Behind the Mic podcast. Eric Nusbaum’s Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between vividly recounts the arrival of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and more precisely Dodger Stadium in 1962.

Eric Nusbaum wrote a book about how Dodger Stadium came to be situated at Chavez Ravine, and the lives of those affected by decades worth of decisions in Los Angeles. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Nusbaum charts the course of what happened next, as neighbors banded together and activists set about agitating for their rights, all to no avail, and with jail sentences for some. — Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Figures "Stealing Home has a driving plot, a humane heart, and a proud conscience. Reviews. "— Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Figures Author Eric Nusbaum recently penned one of the latter, called Stealing Home, wherein he details the secret history of Dodger Stadium. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. New Reviews Check out our recent audiobook reviews. Its first five chapters flit between the Mexican Sierra Madre, the Siege of Veracruz, and a pair of small towns in Arizona. Don Normark released the photography book Chavez Ravine: 1949 in 1999; Shameful Victory , Forever Blue and City of Dreams covered much of the same ground. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between. Stealing Home is a relevant and important book—and a fantastic read." At first glance, it may seem like there isn’t a lot of baseball in the baseball book Stealing Home (Eric Nusbaum, Public Affairs Books).
Journalist Eric Nusbaum spent years researching the history of the neighborhoods that became Dodger Stadium and its parking lots. Stealing Home is a relevant and important book—and a fantastic read. Sports writer Eric Nusbaum reports on how the construction of the Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium led to the displacement of a Mexican American neighborhood in the 1950s. Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between - Kindle edition by Nusbaum, Eric. Q&A with Eric Nusbaum, Author of Stealing Home June 15, 2020 I had the privilege of talking recently with Eric Nusbaum about his new book, Stealing Home , an essential read for fans of baseball history, American history, or just plain great literature. "Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between" examines the lives forever changed by the building of Dodger Stadium. Dodger Stadium is an American icon. (David Maraniss, New York Times best-selling author of … Stealing Home takes on a whole new meaning in Eric Nusbaum's marvelous book." Author Eric Nusbaum recently penned one of the latter, called Stealing Home, wherein he details the secret history of Dodger Stadium. A story about baseball, family, the American Dream, and the fight to turn Los Angeles into a big league city. ; Search Reviews Find a pick by author, narrator or title. Stealing Home takes on a whole new meaning in Eric Nusbaum's marvelous book. “Eric Nusbaum takes several overlooked threads of history and weaves them into a vivid tapestry of 20th century America that is at once sprawling and intimate, raw and poignant. "Eric Nusbaum takes several overlooked threads of history and weaves them into a vivid tapestry of twentieth-century America that is at once sprawling and intimate, raw and poignant. "Eric Nusbaum takes several overlooked threads of history and weaves them into a vivid tapestry of twentieth-century America that is at once sprawling and intimate, raw and poignant.