Red Barber: The Life and Legacy of a Broadcasting Legend

by James R. Walker and Judith R. Hiltner

A Booklist Top 10 Sports & Recreation Book
Finalist for the 2023 Seymour Medal
Finalist for the 2022 CASEY Award

Born and raised in rural Mississippi and the even balmier climes of central Florida, Red Barber, at the age of thirty-two, became one of New York City's most influential citizens as the play-by-play announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers. When he arrived in 1939, Barber brought the down-home drawl and idioms of his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496222857
• ISBN13: 9781496222855
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Broadcasting Legend!

All baseball and sports fans will enjoy this biography of Red Barber. I immediately pre-ordered a copy when I leaned of it and I’m happy I did. The authors James R. Walker and Judith R. Hiltner delivered a grand slam home run.