
The Boys of Summer
The Classic Narrative of Growing Up Within Shouting Distance of Ebbets Field, Covering the Jackie Robinson Dodgers, and What's Happened to Everybody Since
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Narrated by:
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Phil Gigante
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By:
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Roger Kahn
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.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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"A work of high purpose and poetic accomplishment. The finest American book on sports." (James Michener)
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Seminole work
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The profile of the individual characters in this book.
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Hear from those who were a part of history
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If you love ball, you gotta read it.
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1. The narrator is superb.
2. Though I assumed the book was about the Dodgers, or about NYC baseball in general back then, it's as much about Roger's life as about baseball, which is fine. It's a good "read", a good story.
3. Roger "writes" (at the 3:23:20 mark, I believe) "Christy Mathewson of 1905, Tom Seaver of 1969, won the big games, dominated the World Series, and carried a team." I can't speak about Christy in 1905, but in 1969 Tom Seaver went just 1-1 in the World Series, losing Game 1. It was Jerry Koosman who won 2 of the Mets' 4 wins ("dominated the World Series, and carried (the) team"), including a complete-game win in the Game 5 clincher. The erroneous reference to Seaver, in this context, is disappointing from Roger.
In the 1973 World Series, Seaver went 0-1 with a no-decision. So when this book was written, Seaver's World Series record was pretty weak.
That's all.
I don't ordinarily review things...
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Its almost two books in one. the first part was autobiography of growing up while the second part was about about team and the players. At first, I was annoyed by The length of the autobiographical section, but came to enjoy it. Even though the book came out in 1972, there are subsequent epilogues which give additional updates throughout the years.
The narrator was absolutely fantastic, doing a wide variety of voices, quickly switching between accents.
Classic book!
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On my reading list for a long time
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Superb, the measuring stick for audiobooks
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The narration isn't bad at all in my book, though some have complained. The whole work rates high with me - and it should be a MUST for every serious baseball fan, especially those in love with the game's history.
GRADE: A+
A BEAUTIFUL BOOK ON BROOKLYN'S BUMS...
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Dem Bums!
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