To Every Thing a Season: Shibe Park and Urban Philadelphia, 1909-1976

Bruce Kuklick

Princeton University Press, Jan 31, 1993 - History - 272 pages

Shibe Park was demolished in 1976, and today its site is surrounded by the devastation of North Philadelphia. Kuklick, however, vividly evokes the feelings people had about the home of the Philadelphia Athletics and later the Phillies.

About the author

Bruce Kuklick is Killebrew Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.

Bibliographic information

• Title: To Every Thing a Season: Shibe Park and Urban Philadelphia, 1909-1976
• Author: Bruce Kuklick
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1993
• ISBN: 069102104X, 9780691021041
• Length: 272 pages
• Subjects: History / General; History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA); Social Science / Sociology / Urban; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / History; Sports & Recreation / General