The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn
A moving elegy . . . to] the best team the majors ever saw . . . the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s. -- New York Times
The classic narrative of growing up within shouting distance of Ebbets Field, covering the Jackie Robinson Dodgers, and what's happened to everybody since.
This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded, the team that broke the color barrier with Jackie Robinson. It is a book by and about a sportswriter who grew up near Ebbets Field, and who had the good fortune in the 1950s to cover the Dodgers for The Herald Tribune. This is a book about what happened to Jackie, Carl Erskine, Pee Wee Reese, and the others when their glory days were behind them. In short, it is a book about America, about fathers and sons, prejudice and courage, triumph and disaster, and told with warmth, humor, wit, candor, and love.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780060956349 |
| ISBN 10 | 0060956348 |
| Title | The Boys of Summer |
| Author | Roger Kahn |
| Series | Perennial Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harpperenm |
| Year published | 2000-05-16 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |