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The Boys of Summer | [Roger Kahn]
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The Boys of Summer

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  • by Roger Kahn
  • Narrated by Phil Gigante
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  • LENGTH
    15 hrs and 10 mins
  • RELEASE DATE
    03-16-09
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Publisher's Summary

The classic narrative of growing up within shouting distance of Ebbets Field, covering the Jackie Robinson Dodgers, and what's happened to everybody since.

This is a story 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 story 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 the story 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 story about America, about fathers and sons, prejudice and courage, triumph and disaster, and told with warmth, humor, wit, candor and love.

©2009 Roger Kahn; (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

What the Critics Say

"A moving elegy...[to] the best team the majors ever saw...the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s." (The New York Times)
"A work of high purpose and poetic accomplishment. The finest American book on sports." (James Michener)

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    This is an excellent bopok for those that love baseball and especially for those that loved those Brooklyn Dodgers! This is a grand slam!

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