October Men - by Roger Kahn (Paperback)

About the Book

On the morning of October 2, 1978, the World Champion New York Yankees found themselves tied for first place with the Boston Red Sox. Transporting fans into the midst of this unforgettable team, Kahn weaves the first in-depth account of the legendary season of '78 and reaffirms his standing as the nation's master storyteller of baseball.

Book Synopsis

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.

From the Back Cover

"[Kahn is] a master storyteller . . . October Men sprawls like a great ballpark conversation, encompassing the big and the small, the old and the new, the sacred and the profane."-The New York Times Book Review
On the morning of October 2, 1978, the Yankees, once fourteen games behind, found themselves tied for first place with the Boston Red Sox. They capped one of the most thrilling comebacks in baseball history by defeating the Red Sox that 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 renders the story an American classic.
"It's not a nice story but a gripping one. And Kahn tells it with his customary verve."-Los Angeles Times
"Kahn's glittering group portrait paints the Yanks as both goats and heroes, and they are vividly, engagingly, enragingly human in both roles . . . He can epitomize a player with a single swing of the pen."-Time

Widely acclaimed as the greatest baseball writer of his generation, Roger Kahn is the author of sixteen books, including The Boys of Summer, named by Sports Illustrated as the best baseball book of all time. He lives in Stone Ridge, New York.

Review Quotes

PRAISE FOR THE BOYS OF SUMMER

"The Boys of Summer is the one we all shoot for. It was the work that showed us that a sports book could be about a lot more than just sports."--David Halberstam

"To say that I 'enjoyed' the book is to say that winning a World Championship is 'interesting, ' owning a derby winner 'nice, ' and starring in the Super Bowl 'fun.'"--Bill Veeck