The author of The Boys of Summer writes about an array of legendary figures in this collection of essays and interviews from the late 1950s to the 1970s.
โโฆ In the end, the range, like the style, reflects myself. Let the present, then, and the recent past, the ball players, poets, policemen, professors, musiciansโin short, these emperors and clownsโstride before you, each hoping, as the author does, to please.โ
Robert Frost, Claudio Arrau, John Lardner, Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Leo Durocher, Bobby Thomson, Al Rosen, Jascha Heifetz, and other celebrities in their years of glory, in their times of trial. This is a book about people to be remembered, and what it was like in America at a very special time.
โBeautifulโฆpersons and events through the eyes of a sharp, articulate observer.โโNew York Times
โNo one else has written a piece so startling about the legend of Babe RuthโฆAfter reading this book you will never feel the same about a lot of legendsโฆA very special bookโฆA book to treasure.โโChicago Sun-Times
โIrresistibleโฆYou canโt stop reading!โโChicago Tribune