Memories of summer : when baseball was an art and writing about it a game / Roger Kahn.
Memories of summer : when baseball was an art and writing about it a game / Roger Kahn.
Memories of summer : when baseball was an art and writing about it a game / Roger Kahn.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Hyperion, c1997.
Call Numbers
T0383465
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Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 290 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Clarence at the Bat -- Ch. 2. The Plains of Heaven -- Ch. 3. The Virgin in the Press Box -- Ch. 4. Neutral for Brooklyn -- Ch. 5. Turning Professional -- Ch. 6. The Natural or True Tales of The Big Leaguers -- Ch. 7. Two Naturals: Leo and Willie -- Ch. 8. Clap Hands, Here Comes Henry or Prese...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Hyperion, c1997.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This joyful memoir of sports and sportswriting - of a time when the writers and the players would spend their days laughing on the road together and their nights drinking in bars together, without a press agent in sight - brings to life the years when baseball was not only the national pastime, but established itself as a symbol of masculinity and...
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Full title
Memories of summer : when baseball was an art and writing about it a game / Roger Kahn.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes index.
Transferred from N070.449796/14.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c1997.
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Call Numbers
T0383465
Record Identifier
74VvpdRaBK0d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvpdRaBK0d
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ISBN
0786861908
9780786861903
DDC
070.449796092
MMS ID
991005162559702626
