The Rise and Fall of Dodgertown.
The Rise and Fall of Dodgertown
Rody Johnson
University Press of Florida
15 Northwest 15th Street, Gainesville, FL 32611-2079
9780813031941, $24.95 www.upf.com
THE RISE AND FALL OF DODGERTOWN: 60 YEARS OF BASEBALL IN VERO BEACH
is a specialty item for baseball collections and Vero Beach area
residents who enjoy game history. It charts the history of the Dodgers,
who have been coming to Vero Beach every spring since 1948, and it tells
of an entire culture and community which sprang up around the rise of
'Dodgertown'. Baseball fans will find this an engrossing
history.
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