October Men - Reggie Jackson, George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, and the Yankees

Informationen zum Autor Widely acclaimed as the greatest baseball writer of his generation, Roger Kahn is most famous for his modern classic, The Boys of Summer , which James Michener called the finest American book on sports. Kahn is the author of 16 books, including The Head Game , Baseball Seen from the Pitchers’ Mound . His magazine articles won five Dutton Best Magazine Story Awards and his book The Era: When the Yankees Dodgers and Giants Ruled the World was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Born in Brooklyn, he now lives in Stone Ridge, N.Y. with his wife, the psychotherapist Katharine Colt Johnson. Klappentext On the morning of October 2, 1978, the World Champion NewYork Yankees found themselves tied for first place with the Boston Red Sox. That day these rousing ball clubs would meet at Fenway Park. Both had won ninety-nine games. Only one would win one hundred. The Yankees should have been reaching for their golf clubs-they had feuded until they were fourteen games out of first place. Then their fortunes turned, and they capped one of the most thrilling comebacks in baseball history by defeating the Red Sox that October afternoon in a game that many still remember as the greatest ever played. Transporting us into the midst of this unforgettable team, Roger Kahn weaves the first in-depth account of the legendary season of '78 and reaffirms his standing as our nation's master storyteller of baseball. Zusammenfassung On the morning of October 2, 1978, the World Champion NewYork Yankees found themselves tied for first place with the Boston Red Sox. That day these rousing ball clubs would meet at Fenway Park. Both had won ninety-nine games. Only one would win one hundred. The Yankees should have been reaching for their golf clubs-they had feuded until they were fourteen games out of first place. Then their fortunes turned, and they capped one of the most thrilling comebacks in baseball history by defeating the Red Sox that October afternoon in a game that many still remember as the greatest ever played. Transporting us into the midst of this unforgettable team, Roger Kahn weaves the first in-depth account of the legendary season of '78 and reaffirms his standing as our nation's master storyteller of baseball. ...

Product details

• Authors: Roger Kahn
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2004
• EAN: 9780156029711
• ISBN: 978-0-15-602971-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Baseball, Memoirs, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, history of sport, Sport: general, Biography: sport, General and world history, Sports training and coaching, Cycle racing, Cycling: general and touring, HISTORY: WORLD, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century, SPORTS & RECREATION: Cycling, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION: Baseball / History, SPORTS & RECREATION: Baseball / Essays & Writings, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, SPORTS & RECREATION: Essays, SPORTS & RECREATION: Baseball / General, SPORTS & RECREATION: Coaching / Baseball, SPORTS & RECREATION: Baseball / Statistics