La Valle di Cervenec è un luogo silenzioso, semibuio, racchiuso tra un cielo basso che spinge verso il terreno e un'insicurezza che compone il 90% del suolo umido e sabbioso. Cerv e Enec hanno avuto la sfortuna di nascere in questa vallata, una sessantina di anni fa. Dopo un momento di studio reciproco, hanno capito che un legame strano li univa. Alcuni li chiamano amanti, alcuni fratelli.

A city is redefined by the JFK assassination.

As Pres. John F. Kennedy gasped his final breath, the city of Dallas died with him. For decades the city struggled to recover from its image as the City of Hate. Citizens of Dallas were scorned and the city excoriated in the press. Only the passage of time and cultural triumphs such as the Dallas Cowboys and the television show Dallas brought healing and distance. But as the fiftieth anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination drew near, the city of Dallas struggled publicly and privately over proposed commemorations of the event, exacerbated by the lingering questions left unanswered by the Warren Commission’s report. Factions were drawn into conflict over the goals of the public events. Drawing on scores of interviews and primary sources, author Dan Helpingstine paints a full picture of the complex forces that continue to shape Dallas today.

Beginning with the premise that there is no other rivalry in team sports like that between the Cubs and the White Sox this work traces the history of the antagonism (and, at times, open hostility) between the fans of the two clubs. Of special interest is the baseball culture that is fostered in Chicago, as well as a recounting of the memorable on-field moments between the two teams. There are 50 photographs and two essays that deal with the question of bias at the Chicago Tribune.