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24 produkter
Boys of Summer
Av Roger Kahn
E-bok, 2011
128 kr
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"A moving elegy . . . [to] the best team the majors ever saw . . . the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s." — New York Times 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 book about …
Beyond the Boys of Summer
Av Roger Kahn
Häftad, 2007
288 kr
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"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 …
October Men
Av Roger Kahn
Häftad, 2004
188 kr
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The author of the modern classic The Boys of Summer brings his unparalleled narrative gifts to another unforgettable team. On the morning of October 2nd, 1978, the World Champion New York Yankees found themselves tied for first place with the Boston Red Sox. That day these rousing ball clubs would …
Flame of Pure Fire
Jack Dempsey and the Roaring ''20s
Av Roger Kahn
E-bok, 2013
248 kr
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Jack Dempsey was perfectly suited to the time in which he fought, the time when the United States first felt the throb of its own overwhelming power. For eight years and two months after World War I, Dempsey, with his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, was heavyweight champion …
Good Enough to Dream
Av Roger Kahn
Häftad, 2000
232 kr
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Roger Kahn's first major league hit was a grand slam: The Boys of Summer, his runaway bestseller that immortalized the 1950s Brooklyn Dodgers. Now Kahn does the same for players whose moment in the sun has not yet arrived. Good Enough to Dream is the story of his year as owner of the Class A, very …
Season in the Sun
Av Roger Kahn
Häftad, 2000
217 kr
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In 1976 Roger Kahn spent an entire baseball season, from spring training through the World Series, with players of every stripe and competence. The result is this book, in which Kahn reports on a small college team's successes and hopes, a young New England ball club, a failing major league …
Era, 1947-1957
When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World
Av Roger Kahn
Häftad, 2002
351 kr
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Celebrated sports writer Roger Kahn casts his gaze on the golden age of baseball, an unforgettable time when the game thrived as America's unrivaled national sport. The Era begins in 1947 with Jackie Robinson changing major league baseball forever by taking the field for the Dodgers. Dazzling, …
Memories of Summer
When Baseball Was an Art, and Writing About It a Game
Av Roger Kahn
Häftad, 2004
232 kr
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Acclaimed baseball writer Roger Kahn gives us a memoir of his Brooklyn childhood, a recollection of a life in journalism, and a record of personal acquaintance with the greatest ballplayers of several eras. His father had a passion for the Dodgers; his mother's passion was for poetry. Somehow, …
Roger Kahn Reader
Six Decades of Sportswriting
Av Roger Kahn, Bill Dwyre
Inbunden, 2018
429 kr
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Most famous for his classic work The Boys of Summer, Roger Kahn is widely regarded as one of the greatest sportswriters of our time. The Roger Kahn Reader is a rich collection of his stories and articles that originally appeared in publications such as Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, …
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
Av Roger Kahn
Ljudbok, 2009
667 kr
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This is an audiobook 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 an audiobook by and about a sportswriter who …
Joe & Marilyn
A Memory of Love
Av Roger Kahn
Ljudbok, 2009
227 kr
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He was the most famous and best ballplayer of his generation. She was America’s blonde. They were intense, impassioned lovers, and, long after that, gentle and loving friends. The only thing that didn’t work between Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe was their marriage. Joe & Marilyn is a portrait of …
Flame of Pure Fire
Jack Dempsey and the Roaring ''20s
Av Roger Kahn
Ljudbok, 2009
681 kr
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Jack Dempsey was perfectly suited to the time in which he fought, the time when the United States first felt the throb of its own overwhelming power. For eight years and two months after World War I, Dempsey, with his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, was heavyweight champion …
Rickey & Robinson
The True, Untold Story of the Integration of Baseball
Av Roger Kahn
E-bok, 2014
83 kr
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In Rickey & Robinson , legendary sportswriter Roger Kahn at last reveals the true, unsanitized account of the integration of baseball, a story that for decades has relied on inaccurate, second-hand reports. This story contains exclusive reporting and personal reminiscences that no other writer can …
How Crested Butte Became a Tourist Town: Drugs, Sex, Sports, Arts, and Social Conflict
Av Roger Kahn
Inbunden, 2019
449 kr
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Boys of Summer
Av Roger Kahn
Häftad, 2013
232 kr
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Described by Richard William of The Guardian as 'the best sports book of 2013, and the best sports book of all time', The Boys of Summer is the story of the young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs …
Boys of Summer
Av Roger Kahn
E-bok, 2013
208 kr
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Described by Richard William of The Guardian as 'the best sports book of 2013, and the best sports book of all time', The Boys of Summer is the story of the young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs …
How the Weather Was
Av Roger Kahn
E-bok, 2013
131 kr
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The author of The Boys of Summer writes about an array of legendary figures in this collection of essays and interviews from the late 1950s to the 1970s."… In the end, the range, like the style, reflects myself. Let the present, then, and the recent past, the ball players, poets, policemen, …
Into My Own
The Remarkable People and Events that Shaped a Life
Av Roger Kahn
E-bok, 2013
222 kr
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From the author of A Season in the Sun, a memoir from one of America''s foremost sportswriters about his life and influences.After successful seasons as a newspaperman and magazine writer, Roger Kahn burst onto the national scene in 1972 with his memorable bestseller, The Boys of Summer, …
Memories of Summer
When Baseball Was an Art, and Writing about It a Game
Av Roger Kahn
E-bok, 2012
227 kr
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The legendary sportswriter''s memoir of Brooklyn, baseball, and a life in journalism: "Simply put, this is a marvelous book" (Kirkus Reviews). In this book, the bestselling author of The Boys of Summer shares stories of his Depression-era Brooklyn childhood, his career during a golden era of …
Era, 1947-1957
When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World
Av Roger Kahn
E-bok, 2014
227 kr
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The author of The Boys of Summer explores the golden age of baseball, an unforgettable time when the game thrived as America’s unrivaled national sport. The Era begins in 1947, with Jackie Robinson changing major league baseball forever by taking the field for the Dodgers. Dazzling, momentous …
Good Enough to Dream
Av Roger Kahn
E-bok, 2012
243 kr
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The true story of a year in the life of the Utica Blue Sox, a minor league baseball team in upstate New York, by the acclaimed author of The Boys of Summer. Roger Kahn''s The Boys of Summer immortalized the 1950s Brooklyn Dodgers. Good Enough to Dream does the same for players whose moment in the …
