"Roger Kahn has spun everyday sports stories into gilded literature." --San Diego Union Tribune "Kahn's fly-on-the-wall style brings to life players most of us knew only from their bubblegum cards." --Dallas Morning News From the greatest sportswriter of his generation, Beyond the Boys of Summer features the best of Roger Kahn's newspaper and magazine work, plus selected excerpts from his celebrated books.
"Roger Kahn has spun everyday sports stories into gilded literature." --San Diego Union Tribune "Kahn's fly-on-the-wall style brings to life players most of us knew only from their bubblegum cards." --Dallas Morning News From the greatest sportswriter of his generation, Beyond the Boys of Summer features the best of Roger Kahn's newspaper and magazine work, plus selected excerpts from his celebrated books.
Roger Kahn is widely acclaimed as the greatest sportswriter of his generation. With 19 books to his credit, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED named his 1972 classic, THE BOYS OF SUMMER, the best baseball book of all time. Author of the recent bestseller OCTOBER MEN, Kahn was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for his book THE ERA.
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Part 1: Growing Up and Being Young 1. A Father, A Son, and Baseball in Brooklyn 2. Coming of Age 3. And Then There is Sex 4. The Dreams of the Young 5. Restless Youth: The Columbia Uprising 6. Kareem Arrives Part 2: Living Your Life 7. The Babe: Father of the Home Run 8. The Homer Heard Round the World 9. Roger Maris: The Ordeal of His Success 10. Henry Aaron: A Success Story 11. The Great Cork Crime Part 3: Willie, Mickey, Duke: The New York Center Fielders 12. The "Say Hey Kid" Up Close 13. The Mick on and off the Field 14. The Duke in a New Pasture Part 4: Damn Good Hitters and Pitchers 15. Eddie Mathews, the Man on Third 16. Whitey, the Chairman of the Board 17. Joe D's Stormy Marriage 18. Catfish in the Big Apple 19. Pete Rose, the Hit Man Part 5: The Gladiators Fight to Succeed 20. Dempsey: The Manassas Mauler Goes Down 21. Ali 22. Billy vs. Reggie 23. Steinbrenner: A Yankee Doodle Dandy Part 6: Heroes off the Field 24. Jackie Robinson: Like No One Else 25. Roberto Clemente's Triumph and Tragedy 26. Remembering Ring 27. The Captain Part 7: On Getting Old 28. The Young Writer Meets the Aged Poet 29. The Last Summer of "Stan the Man" 30. Past Their Prime 31. Even Sportswriters get Old 32. Carl Furillo, 1922-1989
Part 1: Growing Up and Being Young 1. A Father, A Son, and Baseball in Brooklyn 2. Coming of Age 3. And Then There is Sex 4. The Dreams of the Young 5. Restless Youth: The Columbia Uprising 6. Kareem Arrives Part 2: Living Your Life 7. The Babe: Father of the Home Run 8. The Homer Heard Round the World 9. Roger Maris: The Ordeal of His Success 10. Henry Aaron: A Success Story 11. The Great Cork Crime Part 3: Willie, Mickey, Duke: The New York Center Fielders 12. The "Say Hey Kid" Up Close 13. The Mick on and off the Field 14. The Duke in a New Pasture Part 4: Damn Good Hitters and Pitchers 15. Eddie Mathews, the Man on Third 16. Whitey, the Chairman of the Board 17. Joe D's Stormy Marriage 18. Catfish in the Big Apple 19. Pete Rose, the Hit Man Part 5: The Gladiators Fight to Succeed 20. Dempsey: The Manassas Mauler Goes Down 21. Ali 22. Billy vs. Reggie 23. Steinbrenner: A Yankee Doodle Dandy Part 6: Heroes off the Field 24. Jackie Robinson: Like No One Else 25. Roberto Clemente's Triumph and Tragedy 26. Remembering Ring 27. The Captain Part 7: On Getting Old 28. The Young Writer Meets the Aged Poet 29. The Last Summer of "Stan the Man" 30. Past Their Prime 31. Even Sportswriters get Old 32. Carl Furillo, 1922-1989
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