{"product_id":"the-boys-of-summer-9780060883966","title":"The Boys of Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A moving elegy . . . [to] the best team the majors ever saw . . . the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s.\" -- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe classic narrative of growing up within shouting distance of Ebbets Field, covering the Jackie Robinson Dodgers, and what's happened to everybody since.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book 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 book 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Herald Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e. This is a book 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 book about America, about fathers and sons, prejudice and courage, triumph and disaster, and told with warmth, humor, wit, candor, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Kahn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Harperperennial Modern Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.9lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.30w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060883966","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44147430326317,"sku":"9780060883966","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_fbc70155-73b3-488c-8487-318a3a271a78.jpg?v=1757185048","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/the-boys-of-summer-9780060883966","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}