Description
Blending memoir, journalism, and baseball history, this celebrated work follows a young reporter’s coming-of-age alongside the Brooklyn Dodgers of the early 1950s. From childhood memories and family influences to the charged atmosphere of Ebbets Field and the team’s triumph in the 1955 World Series, it vividly evokes a vanished era when baseball stood at the center of American life. The narrative then traces the players’ later lives, exploring fame, aging, memory, loss, and the passage of time. Lyrical, intimate, and deeply humane, it transforms sportswriting into a meditation on friendship, loyalty, and the enduring power of youth.
Available Editions
hardcover
Holtzman Pr
Published Jan 1, 1981
439 pages
ISBN: 9780941372046
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Details
First Published
1972
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn.