Described by Richard William of The Guardian as 'the best sports book of 2013, and the best sports book of all time', The Boys of Summer is the story of the young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded, the Brooklyn Dodgers team that broke the colour 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 ...
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Described by Richard William of The Guardian as 'the best sports book of 2013, and the best sports book of all time', The Boys of Summer is the story of the young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded, the Brooklyn Dodgers team that broke the colour 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. A story about what happened to Jackie, Carl Erskine, Pee Wee Reese, and the others when the glory days were behind them, it is also a book about fathers and sons and the making of modern America.
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Aurum
ISBN-13: 9781781311783
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2006,
Harper Perennial, New York, NY
ISBN-13: 9780060883966
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2000,
Harpperenm, New York, NY
ISBN-13: 9780060956349
Trade paperback
2000,
Turtleback Books
ISBN-13: 9781417630592
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1987,
Harper Perennial, New York, NY
ISBN-13: 9780060914165
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1973,
Signet Book, London
ISBN-13: 9780451134332
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1973,
Signet Book
ISBN-13: 9780451084934
Mass-market paperback
1973,
Signet Book
ISBN-13: 9780451099549
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1973,
Signet Book
ISBN-13: 9780451092885
Mass-market paperback
1972,
Harper & Row, New York
ISBN-13: 9780060122393
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a timeless classic
this is a wonderful piece of baseball history, no matter what your team of rooting interest.
the urban warrior
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