Red Barber : the life and legacy of a broadcasting legend / Judith R. Hiltner and James R. Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hiltner, Judith R., author.

Walker, James Robert, author.

Contributor:

The Todd and Elizabeth Donovan Endowed Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sportscasters--United States--Biography.

Sportscasters.

United States.

Barber, Red, 1908-1992.

Barber, Red.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xx, 496 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. 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"

pt. 2 Cincinnati: Big Break

5. Pay Cut

6. Rising Expectations

pt. 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

pt. 4 Yankee Years: Never at Home

12. Stadium Work

13. Breakfast in Manhattan

pt. 5 Return to Florida: A Writerly Broadcaster

14. A Developing Writer, A Darker Vision

15. Hall of Fame Broadcaster

pt. 6 Red's Renaissance: "Red Barber Moved People"

16. National Public Radio

17. A Closed Family

18. Legacies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the The Todd and Elizabeth Donovan Endowed Fund.

ISBN:

9781496222855

1496222857

OCLC:

1261877384

Publisher Number:

99990296541