"A moving elegy . . . [to] the best team the majors ever saw . . . the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s." — New York TimesThe classic narrative of growing up within shouting distance of Ebbets Field, covering the Jackie Robinson Dodgers, and what’s happened to everybody since.This 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 c...

From the author of A Season in the Sun, a memoir from one of America's foremost sportswriters about his life and influences.After successful seasons as a newspaperman and magazine writer, Roger Kahn burst onto the national scene in 1972 with his memorable bestseller, The Boys of Summer, memorializing the Brooklyn Dodgers. Here he wrote a book for the hearts and minds of his readers. Chronicling his own life, Into My Own i...

Described by Richard William of The Guardian as 'the best sports book of 2013, and the best sports book of all time', The Boys of Summer is the story of the young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded, the Brooklyn Dodgers team that broke the colour barrier with Jackie Robinson.It is a book by and about a sportswriter who grew up near Ebbets Field, and who h...

This is an audiobook 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 an audiobook 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 the Herald Tribune. This is a book about what happened to Jackie, Carl Erskine, Pee Wee Reese,...

The true story of a year in the life of the Utica Blue Sox, a minor league baseball team in upstate New York, by the acclaimed author of The Boys of Summer.Roger Kahn's The Boys of Summer immortalized the 1950s Brooklyn Dodgers. Good Enough to Dream does the same for players whose moment in the sun has not yet arrived.Here, Kahn tells the story of his year as owner of the Class A, very minor league Utica Blue Sox. Most of the Blue...

Through visiting the game's players and veterans of all ages and skill levels, a writer chronicles the state of baseball in the summer of 1976.For one full baseball season in 1976, Roger Kahn returned to his favorite sport to see how it was doing and find out whether it still had the same old magic.His search led him from small college teams in rural Arkansas, whose every member hopes to make the Majors, to Houston for a look at the financial disaster of the ...

Most famous for his classic work The Boys of Summer, Roger Kahn is widely regarded as one of the greatest sportswriters of our time. The Roger Kahn Reader is a rich collection of his stories and articles that originally appeared in publications such as Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, Esquire, and the Nation.Kahn’s pieces, published between 1952 and today, present a vivid, turbulent, and intimate picture of more than half...

Every family faces times of difficulty which can place a strain on relationships and make life seem unbearable. Whether the problems stem from money, illness, addiction, the relationship between spouses or between parents and children, hope can be found in the love that Christ manifests to all of us no matter what problems we are experiencing. Using real life examples Peter Kahn gives words of practical advice and encouragement.

Originally published in 1964, at a time of much public unease regarding redundancy, this book contains the results of a comprehensive survey, inspired by a suggestion of the then Minister of Labour that the mass redundancies in the Midlands motor industry of 1956 merited a full-scale investigation. The findings are based on an analysis of a 1 in 10 sample of men made redundant in Birmingham in the period. Among the matters examined are the difficulties encountered in obtaining work after r...

Government Ownership of Railroads, and War Taxation by Otto H. Kahn is a thought-provoking treatise that delves into the pressing economic and political issues facing the United States during the early 20th century. Written in the context of World War I, the book critically examines the movement toward government ownership and operation of railroads, a topic of intense national debate at the time. Kahn, a prominent financier and railroad executive, presents a detailed analysis of the poten...

War Taxation: Some Comments and Letters is a thought-provoking collection of essays and correspondence by Otto Hermann Kahn, originally published in 1917 during the height of World War I. In this book, Kahn, a prominent banker and philanthropist, addresses the pressing issue of war finance, focusing particularly on the methods and implications of taxation as a means to support the enormous costs of war. Through a series of articulate and insightful letters, Kahn engages with both critics a...

The legendary sportswriter's memoir of Brooklyn, baseball, and a life in journalism: "Simply put, this is a marvelous book" ( Kirkus Reviews).In this book, the bestselling author of The Boys of Summer shares stories of his Depression-era Brooklyn childhood, his career during a golden era of sports, and his personal acquaintances with a wide range of great ballplayers.His father had a passion for the Dodgers; his mother's passion was for po...