Memories of Summer: When Baseball Was an Art, and Writing about It a Game
Roger Kahn
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Description for Memories of Summer: When Baseball Was an Art, and Writing about It a Game
paperback. Shows how baseball met literature. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 427.
Acclaimed baseball writer Roger Kahn gives us a memoir of his Brooklyn childhood, a recollection of a life in journalism, and a record of personal acquaintance with the greatest ballplayers of several eras.
Acclaimed baseball writer Roger Kahn gives us a memoir of his Brooklyn childhood, a recollection of a life in journalism, and a record of personal acquaintance with the greatest ballplayers of several eras.
His father had a passion for the Dodgers; his mother’s passion was for poetry. Somehow, young Roger managed to blend both loves in a career that encompassed writing about sports for the New York Herald Tribune, Sports Illustrated, the Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, and Time.
Kahn recalls the great personalities of a golden era—Leo Durocher, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson, Red Smith, Dick Young, and many ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803278127
SKU
V9780803278127
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99-1
About Roger Kahn
Roger Kahn (1927–2020) is the author of the classic The Boys of Summer and is a visiting lecturer on creative writing at the State University of New York at New Paltz. His books Good Enough to Dream, A Season in the Sun, and The Era, 1947–1957: When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World are available in ... Read more
Reviews for Memories of Summer: When Baseball Was an Art, and Writing about It a Game
"Simply put, this is a marvelous book."—Kirkus Reviews (starred) "Kahn is a master at evoking a sense of the past. Here he offers a pleasing potpourri of autobiography, professional memoir, and anecdotal baseball history."—Booklist "This is powerful stuff. . . . Primal and difficult to articulate, but Kahn does, in a spare and admirably understated way."—Philadelphia Inquirer "A grand slam."—Business ... Read more