"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.
The Boys of Summer (Harperperennial Modern Classics)
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Author: Kahn, Roger
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780060883966
Details:
Author: Kahn, Roger
Brand: Harper Perennial
Edition: Reissue
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 512
Release Date: 09-05-2006
Part Number: 9780060883966
Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780060883966
