Harperperennial Modern Classics The Boys of Summer, (Paperback)

from SethAndrew

This book is called a classic by many, and I agree it is a fantasticly written book, but I'm not sure I would rank it amongst the best baseball books. Kahn tells his life story as it happened with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers always the bridesmaid never the bride taught him many lessons as h...

from ABVR

I came to The Boys of Summer knowing two things about it: That it was about the fabled Brooklyn Dodgers teams of the early 1950s, and that it had a reputation for being beautifully written. The second is, without a doubt, true; the first is also true, but only incidentally. This is not a book abo...

from ehines

This is a classic book, and I suppose deservedly so, but I have to admit to being somewhat disappointed. Maybe because of the central role played by Kahn himself here. But I suppose Kahn was building a model that was later to be refined. See "The Last Good Season" for a later model.

from ehines

This is a classic book, and I suppose deservedly so, but I have to admit to being somewhat disappointed. Maybe because of the central role played by Kahn himself here. But I suppose Kahn was building a model that was later to be refined. See "The Last Good Season" for a later model.

from eglinton

Solid men going deep in their pursuits: baseball, sportswriting. One of baseball's golden ages saw the prelapsarian Dodgers winning pennant after pennant for Brooklyn, whilst breaking the racial barrier with Jackie Robinson. Roger Kahn tells their story, and some of his, and tracks the hard-boile...