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Summer of '49 - (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by David Halberstam (Paperback)

Name: Summer of '49 - (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by David Halberstam (Paperback)
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"Dazzling...A celebration of a vanished heroic age and a 'simpler America' " --New York Times Book Review David Halberstam's classic chronicle of baseball's most magnificent season, as seen through the battle royal between Joe DiMaggio's Yankees and Ted Williams's Red Sox for the hearts of a nation.The year was 1949, and a war-wearied nation turned from the battlefields to the ball fields in search of new heroes.
Author(s): David Halberstam
384 Pages
Sports + Recreation, Baseball
Series Name: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

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"Dazzling...A celebration of a vanished heroic age and a 'simpler America' " --New York Times Book Review

David Halberstam's classic chronicle of baseball's most magnificent season, as seen through the battle royal between Joe DiMaggio's Yankees and Ted Williams's Red Sox for the hearts of a nation.

The year was 1949, and a war-wearied nation turned from the battlefields to the ball fields in search of new heroes. It was a summer that marked the beginning of a sports rivalry unequaled in the annals of athletic competition. The awesome New York Yankees and the indomitable Boston Red Sox were fighting for supremacy of baseball's American League and an aging Joe DiMaggio and a brash, headstrong hitting phenomenon named Ted Williams led their respective teams in a classic pennant duel of almost mythic proportions--one that would be decided in an explosive head-to-head confrontation on the last day of the season.

With incredible skill, passion and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam returns us to that miraculous summer--and to a glorious time when the dreams of a now almost forgotten America rested on the crack of a bat.

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With incredible skill, passion, and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winningauthor David Halberstam returns us to a glorious time when the dreams of a now almost forgotten America rested on the crack of a bat.

The year was 1949, and a war-weary nation turned from the battlefields to the ball fields in search of new heroes. It was a summer that marked the beginning of a sports rivalry unequaled in the annals of athletic competition. The awesome New York Yankees and the indomitable Boston Red Sox were fighting for supremacy of baseball's American League, and an aging Joe DiMaggio and a brash, headstrong hitting phenomenon named Ted Williams led their respective teams in a classic pennant duel of almost mythic proportions--one that would be decided in an explosive head-to-head confrontation on the last day of the season.

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"Hits one out of the park...The pages should go on forever!" - Boston Herald

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Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inches (W) x 1.3 Inches (D)

Weight: .65 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 384

Genre: Sports + Recreation

Sub-Genre: Baseball

Series Title: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

Publisher: William Morrow & Company

Theme: History

Format: Paperback

Author: David Halberstam

Language: English

Street Date: May 9, 2006

TCIN: 54268415

UPC: 9780060884260

Item Number (DPCI): 248-43-1836

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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