Bibliograph

The boys of summer, Roger Kahn

Type

Label

The boys of summer, Roger Kahn

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The boys of summer

Oclc number

68566888

Responsibility statement

Roger Kahn

Series statement

Harper Perennial modern classics

Summary

"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"--Back cover

Table Of Contents

The trolley car that ran by Ebbets Field -- Ceremonies of innocence -- Clem and Jay -- The bishop's brother -- Carl and Jimmy -- The sandwich man -- Black is what you make it -- The road to Viola -- A shortstop in Kentucky -- The hard hat who sued baseball -- One stayed in Brooklyn -- Manchild at fifty -- The Duke of Fallbrook -- The lion at dusk -- Billy alone

Target audience

adult

Classification

Creator