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Stealing Home

Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between

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Stealing Home

Written by: Eric Nusbaum
Narrated by: David Owen Nelson
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A story about baseball, family, the American Dream, and the fight to turn Los Angeles into a big league city.

Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s, those communities were condemned to make way for a utopian public housing project. Then, in a remarkable turn, public housing in the city was defeated amidst a Red Scare conspiracy.

Instead of getting their homes back, the remaining residents saw the city sell their land to Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Now LA would be getting a different sort of utopian fantasy - a glittering, ultra-modern stadium.

But before Dodger Stadium could be built, the city would have to face down the neighborhood's families - including one, the Aréchigas, who refused to yield their home. The ensuing confrontation captivated the nation - and the divisive outcome still echoes through Los Angeles today.

©2020 Eric Nusbaum (P)2020 Hachette Audio
Architecture Baseball & Softball Latin America Social Sciences United States City Utopian
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"Stealing Home has a driving plot, a humane heart, and a proud conscience. Read it and enjoy the story, or read it and get mad, or read it and change your mind. Most importantly, read it." (Chuck D, founding member of Public Enemy)

"A well-known tale of racial injustice given a fresh look.... Provocative, essential reading." (Kirkus)

"In my family, the Dodgers caused pain and disillusionment when they left Brooklyn. But what happened in Los Angeles is a second drama with its own measure of financial manipulation, political intrigue, and working-class heartache. Stealing Home takes on a whole new meaning in Eric Nusbaum's marvelous book." (David Maraniss, New York Times best-selling author of When Pride Still Mattered and Clemente)

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