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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.
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The Boys of Summer, Roger Kahn
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- Released
- 1987
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- Title
- The Boys of Summer
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Roger Kahn
- Publisher
- Perennial Library
- Released
- 1987
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 442
- ISBN10
- 0060914165
- ISBN13
- 9780060914165
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Sports, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Sport & Outdoor, Biographies, New York, Sports Biographies
- Rating
- 4.3 out of 5
- Description
- 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.