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Summer of '49by David Halberstam
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:David Halberstam's New York Timesbestselling classic chronicle of baseball's most magnificent season, as seen through the battle royale between Joe DiMaggio's Yankees and Ted Williams's Red Sox for the heart of a nation. With incredible skill, passion, and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam returns us to the miraculous summer of '49 ... and to a glorious time when the dreams of a now almost forgotten America rested on the crack of a bat. Review:"It is a study of all the elements and personalities that influenced baseball that year and beyond. Halberstam brings them together in such an enjoyable, interesting, and informative manner that a reader needn't be a baseball fan to appreciate the book." Library Journal Review:"Dazzling...heart-stopping...altogether engrossing....A celebration of a vanished heroic age." The New York Times Book Review Review:"The national pastime at its most innocent, heroic best....David Halberstam brings the era vividly to life." Washington Post Book World Review:"In a league by itself....A superb re-creation of a legendary summer of baseball — and of a time and a place that once was America." Detroit News Review:"A gorgeous story with personalities and anecdotes jam-packing every page." Newsweek Review:"A very special book....Even if you're not a baseball fan, this is an exciting story." Wall Street Journal Synopsis:A magnificent journey through the 1949 pennant race in which the Red Sox and the Yankees battled down to a one-game season. Synopsis:David Halberstam's "New York Times" bestselling classic chronicle of baseball's most magnificent season, as seen through the battle royale between Joe DiMaggio's Yankees and Ted Williams's Red Sox for the heart of a nation. With incredible skill, passion, and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam returns us to the miraculous summer of '49 ... and to a glorious time when the dreams of a now almost forgotten America rested on the crack of a bat. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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