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The Colts' Baltimore: A City and Its Love Affair in the 1950s ReviewI'd give the biggest Pulitzer ever to Micheal Olesker for this book. There are other really good books about my hometown (Charles Osgood)and other good books about the Colts (Gildea & Bowden) but nothing I've read comes close to this. I have no idea if someone who wasn't a Bawlmer native in the 50's will experience this book as I did, but it was magical! I read Olesker's column most days and frankly, didn't know he had this type of work in him. I'm so glad to find out he did. The only thing missing was a cold Natty Boh while I was reading. Thank you Micheal Olesker for writing the story of "us" that I always wanted to read.The Colts' Baltimore: A City and Its Love Affair in the 1950s OverviewThis is Michael Olesker's nostalgic reminiscence of 1958, the year the Baltimore Colts defeated the New York Giants in sudden-death overtime in a game that still grips the emotions of Baltimoreans. Olesker recaptures the city's love affair with the Colts in a series of thoughtful and colorful stories that give voice to such notable characters as Colts players Johnny Unitas and Art Donovan, politicians Tommy D'Alesandro and Jack Pollack, entertainers Buddy Deane and Royal Parker, sportscasters Chuck Thompson and Vince Bagli, and filmmaker John Waters. The Colts' Baltimore also traces the changing cultural landscape of the city just entering an age of revolution-a time when schools were being racially integrated, rock and roll played on the radio, and Baltimore was planning to renew the dilapidated downtown.Revealing warm ties between Baltimore and its beloved Colts, Olesker's writing makes the events of 1958 seem like only yesterday.

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