Synopses & Reviews
The best-selling sportswriter Dan Shaughnessy preserves baseball history for all posterity in his absorbing account of the Red Sox's championship season, the season that capped a story eighty-six years in the making. A more epic sports saga could not have been invented: the curse that began with Babe Ruth; the bitter Yankees-Sox standoff, which ESPN named the number one sports rivalry of all time; and a team of comeback kids determined to prove their mettle.
With unparalleled access, a keen sense of history, and penetrating
insight, Shaughnessy captures the season in all its drama and euphoria.
"Even the voracious reader of all things Red Sox will find richness," as
Bill Nowlin noted in the Boston Globe, but sports fans who have never set
foot in Fenway Park will also appreciate Shaughnessy's insider vantage.
With full-color photos by the Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer
Stan Grossfeld, Reversing the Curse is the definitive record of the single
greatest sports story of our lifetime.
Synopsis
Reversing the Curse preserves one of the greatest sports stories of our lifetime for all posterity with an absorbing account of the Red Soxand#8217;s championship season. A more epic sports saga could not have been invented: here we have the curse that began with Babe Ruth; a team of comeback kids determined to prove their mettle; the Yankees-Sox rivalry, one of the greatest in sports history; and, finally, the first World Series victory for the Sox since 1918.
Dan Shaughnessy captures the Sox triumph in all its drama and euphoria with penetrating insight, a keen sense of history, and unparalleled insider access. With photographs by the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Stan Grossfeld, Reversing the Curse is the definitive record of a landmark moment in baseball history.
About the Author
Dan Shaughnessy is an award-winning columnist for the Boston Globe and the author of several sports books, including The Curse of the Bambino, a best-selling classic. Seven times Shaughnessy has been voted one of Americaand#8217;s top ten sports columnists by Associated Press Sports Editors and named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year. He has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Early Show, CNN, Nightline, NPR, Imus in the Morning, ESPN, HBO, and many others. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts.