Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780451134332ISBN:0451134338
Description: Good. ---402 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The paperback cover has light signs of aging. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780060122393ISBN:0060122390
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Great Copy. Clean and Unmarked. Binding is tight. Spine is square and has creasing, and wear. xxii, 442 p. illus. 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Not Available, Not Available
Date Published: 0000
Description: Good in Good jacket. See Notes. Gently used paperback. ** PLEASE READ: This book is: KAHN, ROGER: THE BOYS OF SUMMER This is the book you will receive if you order this item. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Bright and colorful front cover. No distracting marks or store stamps. Slight creases in spine. Minor shelf wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 480 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780060956349ISBN:0060956348
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Remainder mark on top edge, otherwise excellent condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 496 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"I loved this book, even though some of Kahn's then-progressive characterizations now seem a little quaint (at best) and condescending (at worst). Good reporting on what Jackie went through, but also interesting to read about what his teammates, rivals etc. thought about integrating baseball."
"A nostalgic read. I was a Dodger fan as a tyke -- my dad brought me into the clubhouse after a game where I met many of the greats -- but switched my allegiance to the Yankees and Mantle when the Dodgers went west."
"I tried to read this book when I was much younger (maybe 8th grade?) and couldn't get through it. Now I know why -- it's not a book for a 13-year-old. It's about aging, and disappointment, and nostalgia, and its very good at exploring these emotions through the lens of the Brooklyn Dodgers of the early 1950s. I enjoyed the baseball very much, and also liked the way Kahn wove in both his own life story and the stories of several players, as athletes and as people. It's striking how much the tale is shot through with race relations in general and the heroism of Jackie Robinson in particular -- even as I learn more and read more I'm still astounded by how fundamental race (and particularly white racism against blacks) has been at so many stages of our nation's history. I think it says something that that was my takeaway about both this book of baseball nostalgia and Joseph Ellis's Founding Brothers about our nation's early history...but it's nice in this sad, complicated story to have some real heroes like Robinson fighting to help our country become better."
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