A Booklist Top 10 Sports and Recreation Book This biography of sports announcer Red Barber (1908–92) puts his life and broadcasting career in the context of twentieth-century American life and explores his own personal journey.
A Booklist Top 10 Sports and Recreation Book This biography of sports announcer Red Barber (1908–92) puts his life and broadcasting career in the context of twentieth-century American life and explores his own personal journey.
Judith R. Hiltner is professor emeritus of literature and languages at Saint Xavier University and the author of books and articles on American literature and culture, including critical and biographical studies of Herman Melville, Philip Freneau, and Deborah Sampson. James R. Walker is professor emeritus of communication at Saint Xavier University and a past executive director of the International Association of Communication and Sport. He is the author of several books, including Crack of the Bat: A History of Baseball on the Radio (Nebraska, 2015), and is the coauthor of Center Field Shot: A History of Baseball on Television (Nebraska, 2008).
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Three Scenes Prologue: Walter Lanier “Red” Barber Part 1. Foundations in the Old South: “I Was Carefully Taught” 1. Cultured Roots 2. Celery Capital of the World 3. Bumming Corner 4. “Certain Aspects of Bovine Obstetrics” Part 2. Cincinnati: Big Break 5. Pay Cut 6. Rising Expectations Part 3. Brooklyn: The Barber of Flatbush 7. Making of a Legend 8. “Blood” on the Radio 9. On the Home Front 10. “Oh, Doctor!” 11. Losing Control, Gaining a Purpose Part 4. Yankee Years: Never at Home 12. Stadium Work 13. Breakfast in Manhattan Part 5. Return to Florida: A Writerly Broadcaster 14. A Developing Writer, A Darker Vision 15. Hall of Fame Broadcaster Part 6. Red’s Renaissance: “Red Barber Moved People” 16. National Public Radio 17. A Closed Family 18. Legacies Epilogue: Walter Lanier “Red” Barber, Revisited Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Three Scenes Prologue: Walter Lanier “Red” Barber Part 1. Foundations in the Old South: “I Was Carefully Taught” 1. Cultured Roots 2. Celery Capital of the World 3. Bumming Corner 4. “Certain Aspects of Bovine Obstetrics” Part 2. Cincinnati: Big Break 5. Pay Cut 6. Rising Expectations Part 3. Brooklyn: The Barber of Flatbush 7. Making of a Legend 8. “Blood” on the Radio 9. On the Home Front 10. “Oh, Doctor!” 11. Losing Control, Gaining a Purpose Part 4. Yankee Years: Never at Home 12. Stadium Work 13. Breakfast in Manhattan Part 5. Return to Florida: A Writerly Broadcaster 14. A Developing Writer, A Darker Vision 15. Hall of Fame Broadcaster Part 6. Red’s Renaissance: “Red Barber Moved People” 16. National Public Radio 17. A Closed Family 18. Legacies Epilogue: Walter Lanier “Red” Barber, Revisited Notes Bibliography Index
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