Memories of Summer: When Baseball Was an Art and Writing about It a Game (1997)

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Condition
Very Good
A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Book in very good condition. Well cared for. There is a day and an imprint on the inside of the ...
Country of Origin
United States
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Custom Bundle
No
Personalize
No
Inscribed
No
Type
Sports
Features
Dust Jacket
Vintage
Yes
Original Language
English
Personalized
Yes
Book Series
Historical
Modified Item
Yes
Region
North America
Subject
Sports & Recreation
Country
USA
Title
Memories of Summer
Intended Audience
Adults
Subjects
Sports
Modification Description
Embossed stamp and ink date inside.
Signed
No
Age Level
Adults
Edition
First Edition
Literary Movement
Sports
Special Attributes
1st Edition
Era
1990s
ISBN
9780786861903
Category

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Hyperion Press
ISBN-10
0786861908
ISBN-13
9780786861903
eBay Product ID (ePID)
269696

Product Key Features

Book Title
Memories of Summer : When Baseball Was an Art and Writing about It a Game
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Baseball / History, General, Sports
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Roger Kahn
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
19.7 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
7.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
96-048711
Dewey Decimal
[B]
Synopsis
Before a ballplayer's salary resembled a Pentagon budget, before a doubleheader was something brokered between lawyers and publicists, there was the gilded era of baseball, the era of Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, and Mickey Mantle. Roger Kahn, the acclaimed baseball writer, the true poet laureate of the game whose classic The Boys of Summer is universally hailed as the best baseball book ever written, lived and breathed the game in those days. In Memories of Summer Kahn recalls growing up within earshot of Ebbets Field and thriving on the pieces of baseball wisdom passed on to him from his father; and later as a journalist, spending his afternoons and evenings at the ballparks, his nights laughing and drinking with the ballplayers, without a publicist in sight.At once an intensely private memoir and the chronicle of the lives of some of America's most beloved public figures and institutions, Memories of Summer is the story of an era told through one man's experiences. It is a literate and compelling encounter with the game in its youth and the young men who played it or dreamed of playing it; like baseball itself it is personal and transcendent, and interleaved with young, extravagant dreams.
LC Classification Number
GV742.42.K35A3 1997

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