Bronx Is Burning (Tv Tie-in) 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City

ANew York TimesNotable Book of the Year Scheduled for release in July 2007 as an ESPN original miniseries, starring John Turturro as Billy Martin, Oliver Platt as George Steinbrenner, and Daniel Sunjata as Reggie Jackson. A kaleidoscopic portrait of New York City in 1977,The Bronx Is Burningis the story of two epic battles: the fight between Yankee Reggie Jackson and team manager Billy Martin, and the battle between Mario Cuomo and Ed Koch for the city's mayorship. Buried beneath these parallel conflicts--one for the soul of baseball, the other for the soul of the city--was the subtext of race. Deftly intertwined by journalist Jonathan Mahler, these braided Big Apple narratives reverberate to reveal a year that also saw the opening of Studio 54, the acquisition of theNew York Postby Rupert Murdoch, a murderer dubbed the "Son of Sam," the infamous blackout, and the evolution of punk rock. As Koch defeated Cuomo, and as Reggie Jackson rescued a team racked with dissension, 1977 became a year of survival--and also of hope.Mahler, Jonathan is the author of 'Bronx Is Burning (Tv Tie-in) 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City', published 2007 under ISBN 9780312427023 and ISBN 0312427026.