{"product_id":"the-boys-of-summer-paperback","title":"The Boys of Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe classic narrative of growing up within shouting distance of Ebbets Field, covering the Jackie Robinson Dodgers, and what's happened to everybody since.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded, the beloved Brooklyn Dodgers, the team that broke the color barrier with Jackie Robinson. Part sports memoir, part biography, it is a book by and about a sportswriter who grew up near Ebbets Field, and who had the good fortune in the 1950s to cover the Dodgers for the \u003cem\u003eHerald Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e. This is a book about what happened to Jackie, Carl Erskine, Pee Wee Reese, and the others when their glory days were behind them. In short, it is a book about America, about fathers and sons, prejudice and courage, triumph and disaster, told with warmth, humor, wit, candor, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow does a team become a legend, and what becomes of legendary men when the cheering stops?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67823939125384,"sku":"9780060883966","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/9152\/6280\/files\/9osEY4ysUy9780060883966.webp?v=1793636024","url":"https:\/\/www.sportsplusdenver.com\/fr\/products\/the-boys-of-summer-paperback","provider":"Sports Plus Denver","version":"1.0","type":"link"}