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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 015603218X
ISBN-13: 9780156032186
Jun 2007
Publisher: Harcourt
304 pages
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Language: English |
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Synopsis
Noted sportswriter and journalist Roger Angell provides a memoir in pieces, many of which derive from his long association with the New Yorker magazine. Others recall his lucky childhood when car trips were the norm, the Chicago World’s Fair promised "A Century of Progress," and baseball really was the national pastime, with the New York Yankees in their ascendancy.Angell’s evocative childhood memories are as engaging and vivid as his portraits of his lawyer father Ernest, his mother Katherine Angell White, and his stepfather E.B. White, as well as other somewhat lesser-known but nevertheless eccentric family members. And then there are the tales told out of school about that great magazine, including Angell's take on the founder Harold Ross and the magazine’s distinguished editorial presence, William Shawn. Angell is generous and fond of all, and his pieces prove that "life is in the details."
| Size | | Length: | 304 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 9.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Graceful and deeply felt."
(03/01/2006)
"[A] thoughtful, often moving series of stories about Angell's own life, written with the same power of observation that makes him such a wonderful baseball writer."
(06/04/2006)
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