The Boys of Summer

The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn. Published by Harper & Row, NY, 1972. 1st Stated Edition 1st Printing. Hardbound w/Paper DJ. Size 8vo. Condition: Nr Fine in Chipped DJ. Orig owners bookplate inside front cover. ISBN 0060122390. LCCN 76-144179. A warm, delightful narrative of growing up within shouting distance of Ebbets Field, working for the Herald Tribune in the Jackie Robinson years, and what's happened to everybody since. It is about youthful dreams in small American towns and big cities decades ago, and how some of these dreams were fulfilled, and about what happened to those dreamers after reality and old age arrived. 442 Pgs. Description text copyright 2008 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 16853.