THE MIRACLE AT COOGAN’S BLUFF.  1975.  Thomas Kierman. BROOKLYN DODGERS, GIANTS

"The Miracle of Coogan's Bluff" is a descriptor coined by the legendary sports columnist Red Smith. Coogan's Bluff is in Upper Manhattan is named after James J. Coogan, a 19th-century real estate owner and one-term Manhattan borough president who owned the land atop and around the massive cliff.  Below the cliff, in Coogan’s Hollow, is the Polo Grounds sports stadium.   

On October 3, 1951, at the Polo Grounds, the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers squared off in what is considered the most exciting game of the century.  

From Wikipedia; “... the ‘Shot Heard 'Round the World’ was a walk-off home run hit by New York Giants outfielder and third baseman Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 3, 1951, to win the National League (NL) pennant. Thomson's dramatic three-run homer came in the ninth inning of the decisive third game of a three-game playoff for the pennant in which the Giants trailed 4–1 entering the ninth and 4–2 with two runners on base at the time of Thomson's at-bat.”  

Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York, 1975, first edition.  Hardcover, 284 pages, indexed, no dj.  Book is 6-1/4 X 9-1/4 X 7/8 inches.