Spanning half a century, the first comprehensive anthology of
"sliders with social history," writings from the legendary
sportswriter Roger Kahn
"This is my nineteenth book; all my life I've tried to write
literature. I am aware that like Stan Musial or Ted Williams at the
bat most of the time I've failed. But the critical word is 'try.'
That effort has been a wonder of my life."
--Roger Kahn, from the Prologue
"Roger Kahn is the best of all with his sweet ear for the
cadence of baseball talk."
--Donald Hall, New York Times Book Review
From the beginning of his career, as a young man reporting on
sports for the New York Herald Tribune, Roger Kahn labored to
create literature. After painstaking research and observation, he
would sit down at his desk and "write like hell," working to turn
everyday events into art. For the next fifty years, he never
stopped.
Today, Roger Kahn is arguably the greatest sportswriter of his
generation. Most famous for his modern classic, The Boys of
Summer--hailed by James Michener as "the finest American book on
sports"--Kahn is the author of eighteen books and the only baseball
writer to have had three titles on the New York Times bestseller
list. While he is best known for his "sweet ear" for America's
national pastime, Kahn did not limit himself to baseball. With his
literary style of reportage, he explored the depths of basketball
and boxing, Judaism and McCarthyism, and even poetry in an
unforgettable interview with one of his heroes, Robert Frost.
For the first time, Beyond the Boys of Summer presents a
showcase of fifty years' worth of Kahn's celebrated work. Uniquely
organized around life's stages--from youth to old age--the
bookbrings you face-to-face with some of the greatest names in
sports, including Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
Willie Mays, and Pete Rose. Beyond sports, Kahn takes you back to
the tumultuous days of 1968 to witness the violent protest of a
student rebellion. He brings you to a bar mitzvah for a hilarious
and controversial look at the Jewish ceremony. And he invites you
for a quiet walk through the tree-lined streets of Brooklyn, where
his father instilled in him an undying love for baseball.
Harking back to a time when newspaper writing was an art form
and Roger Kahn was one of its most accomplished masters, Beyond the
Boys of Summer is nothing less than a literary accomplishment of
the highest order.
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