The Boys of Summer: The Classic Narrative of Growing Up Within Shouting Distance of Ebbets Field, Covering the Jackie Robinson Dodgers, and What's Happened to Everybody Since Audiobook

" it's about baseball - enough said! "

" got me through another winter month without baseball. rich, deep, well-researched history of the men who changed baseball forever and the world too. Jackie Robinson should be posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. "

" If you have any affection for baseball, this book is wonderful. It really makes you think about male relationships and how sports (particularly the American-ness of baseball) brings people together. Lovely prose and great remembrances. "

" Great introduction, and some really great parts, but a little dated for my taste. Good book but I've enjoyed other baseball books more. "

" This book has been on my list FOREVER! Feels great to say I actually read it. It was interesting to read about the Brooklyn Dodgers in all their glory! The last half of the book was somewhat sad as a lot of thus "

" The Brooklyn Dodgers--my boyhood idols! "

" These were the Dodgers I remember, so I loved the book. And I'll probably read a lot of the biographies of the players in the future. "

" A classic baseball book, but much more than that. It is really a nostalgic look back at what it was like to grow up in post-war America, when baseball was king. "

" Just a lovely, beautifully written book. One of my grandpa's favorite players was Roy Campanella (gramps was a catcher, too, arguably the hardest position in baseball and most unsung) so it means more to me on that level. "

" One of the top ten books I've ever read! "

" Brooklyn Dodgers and being a baseball fan. "

" Some chapters were good, some a little dry. A Flame of Pure Fire by Kahn is much better. "

" The best book on Baseball. Ever. "

" Ok, two Dodger books. "

" Classic feel good book about baseball, fathers, and sons. Oh, and Jackie Robinson finds his way into a chapter or two. "

" Maybe the best baseball book ever -- among extraordinary competition. For me, this book spurred a lifelong infatuation with baseball writing. "

" Still the finest baseball book ever written. "

" I loved this book. So easy to read with interesting people, and an important period in American history. "

" not just for baseball fans, but surely for them, a journey into the inner soul, good and bad. its a compilation of letters and that style works in this case. enjoy. "

" This book was an interesting look at baseball from the side of the reporter. However, as it progressed it became more about the strained relationship between the author and his father and was not presented very well. "

" I love baseball books! "

" Starts off great, leads off into the life of each Dodger not a lot of detail but good general information. Ending not that great "