Roger Kahn (1927–2020)
Auteur de The Boys of Summer
A propos de l'auteur
Roger Kahn is a visiting lecturer on creative writing at the State University of New York at New Paltz.
Crédit image: This is a photograph taken by Stephanie Rogers, assistant to the author.
Œuvres de Roger Kahn
October Men: Reggie Jackson, George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, and the Yankees' Miraculous Finish in 1978 (2003) 124 exemplaires
The battle for Morningside Heights; why students rebel 8 exemplaires
Inside big league baseball. 2 exemplaires
The Mutual Baseball Almanac, 1954. 2 exemplaires
How Crested Butte Became a Tourist Town: Drugs, Sex, Sports, Arts, and Social Conflict (2019) 2 exemplaires
夏の若者たち 青春篇 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1927-10-31
- Date de décès
- 2020-02-06
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Mamaroneck, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Stone Ridge, New York, USA
Manhattan, New York, USA - Études
- New York University
Erasmus Hall High School - Professions
- journalist
columnist - Organisations
- New York Herald Tribune
Newsweek
The Saturday Evening Post
Esquire
Membres
Critiques
I couldn't put this one down. Kahn is an excellent writer, and he took me back to the 1920s vividly.
Listes
New York Yankees (3)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 27
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 2,704
- Popularité
- #9,503
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 45
- ISBN
- 93
- Langues
- 2
- Favoris
- 5
Dad was a Dodger fan when they were in Brooklyn and Mom went to games with him after they started dating. (Her favorite player was Pee Wee.) My brother and I grew up as Mets fans. This is the foundation story, like Gilgamesh or the Icelandic Sagas: this is baseball in New York.
I've read it at least three times. Some parts more.
The chapter about Jackie made me angry (all over again, as it always does). The chapters about Gil and Campy make me tear up. The first time I read it Furillo's language made me cringe; now I read about him working to build the World Trade Center and I tear up. (Not to self: I need to buy my own copy, because the next time I read it, it will be a tear-stained mess.)
Roger Kahn's writing, of course, is superb.
NOTE: This is a newer edition, probably bought by my brother. (There's a new epilogue.) Don't know where Dad's original copy is, but we probably wore it out. Four people read it, three of us multiple times.… (plus d'informations)