Roger Kahn

Roger Kahn (born October 31, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York) is one of America's leading writers about sport - especially baseball. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Though anyone who creates a written work may be called a writer, the term is usually reserved for those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... This article is about the sport. ...

His classic 1972 memoir, The Boys of Summer, examines his relationship with his father seen through the prism of their shared affection for the Brooklyn Dodgers, a team Mr. Kahn covered as a young reporter for the New York Herald Tribune. The first part of the book consists of recollections of Kahn's two seasons (1952-53) as a Dodger beat writer, coinciding with the peak of the Jackie Robinson era in Brooklyn, when Robinson - by now established as a major star and a leader of the Dodgers - still had to confront racism on and off the field. The cover for The Boys of Summer This article is about the Roger Kahn book. ... The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team that played from 1890-1957. ... The New York Herald Tribune was a newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald. ... Jack Roosevelt Jackie Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) became the first African-American major league baseball player of the modern era in 1947. ...

Kahn's father, Gordon Kahn, a radio-program producer, died shortly after the Dodgers lost the 1953 World Series to the hated Yankees. Roger Kahn skillfully conveys how the loss of his father serves as a kind of metaphor for the end of youth and his entry into a more cynical adulthood. Despite the cynicism around him, including the move of the Dodgers to Los Angeles after the 1957 season, Kahn never lost his affection for the Dodger players he knew, nor they for him. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ...

The second part of the book consists of his interviews with thirteen of that period's Dodgers between 1968 and 1971: Robinson, Roy Campanella, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Gil Hodges, Billy Cox, Carl Furillo, Preacher Roe, Carl Erskine, Joe Black, Clem Labine, Andy Pafko, and George Shuba. Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Roy Campanella (November 19, 1921 – June 26, 1993) was an American catcher in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball. ... Duke Sniders number 4 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1980 Edwin Donald Duke Snider (born September 19, 1926 in Los Angeles, California), nicknamed The Silver Fox, is a former Major League baseball center fielder and left-handed batter who played with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles... Harold Henry Pee Wee Reese (July 23, 1918 - August 14, 1999) was an American professional baseball player who played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958. ... Gilbert Raymond Hodges (April 4, 1924 – April 2, 1972) was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Brooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers. ... Billy Cox is most known for being Jimi Hendrixs bassist. ... Carl Anthony Furillo (March 8, 1922 - January 21, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball right fielder and right-handed batter who played his entire career for the Brooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers. ... Elwin Charles Roe (born February 26, 1915 in Ash Flat, Arkansas) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. ... Carl Daniel Erskine (born December 13, 1926 in Anderson, Indiana) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 through 1959. ... Joe Black was a right-handed Major League pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Redlegs, and Washington Senators who became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game in 1952. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Andy Pafko was a popular major league baseball outfielder from the early 1940s through the late 1950s. ... George Shuba (Dec. ...

Kahn earlier worked as a general-assignment magazine writer and also excelled in writing about non-sporting topics. In the first piece of his 1973 collection ``How the Weather Was Roger Kahn wrote candidly about some sour momments in his career, including an editor who reacted to Kahn's sportwriting by remarking "Writing about niggers again, Kahn?"

Kahn's writing on baseball ranks among the best of his time, or, some say, any time, In addition to The Boys of Summer, Kahn wrote books such as Good Enough to Dream, a chronicle of his year as the owner of a minor league baseball franchise; The Era 1947-57, an examination of the decade during which the three New York clubs - the Dodgers, Yankees and Giants - dominated Major League Baseball; and Memories of Summer, a look back at his youth and early career, plus extended pieces on New York baseball legends Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. His acclaimed biography of the great heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey, A Flame of Pure Fire, is under development as a major motion picture. Five of his articles won the esteemed E. P. Dutton Award for best magazine sports story of the year. No one else has since equaled that stream of triumphs. Minor leagues in the sense intended in this article are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49 Name New York Yankees (1913–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to as... Major league affiliations National League (1883–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers NY, NY, 3, 4, 11, 24, 27, 30, 36, 42, 44 Name San Francisco Giants (1958–present) New York Giants (1885–1957) New York Gothams (1883–1885) Other nicknames Jints, Gigantes, G-Men Ballpark AT... Major Leagues redirects here. ... Willie Howard Mays, Jr. ... Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995) was an American baseball player who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. ... William Harrison Jack Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983) was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight title between 1919 and 1926. ...

Kahn's latest book, Into My Own, (publication June 2006) is a memoir describing friendships with Robert Frost, Jackie Robinson. Pee Wee Reese, Eugene McCarthy, and his late son, Roger Laurence Kahn, who suffered from bipolar disorder and died by his own hand from carbon monoxide poisoning in 1987. Kahn writes with touching candor about his own and his family's experiences with Michael DeSisto and the DeSisto School and how that negatively impacted his son Roger's life. That chapter, wrote Andrew Ervin in the Washington Post, "will send you scurrying for the Kleenex box. Kahn is not only a great baseball writer but also something rarer: a great writer whose subject happens to be baseball." Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. ... Jack Roosevelt Jackie Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) became the first African-American major league baseball player of the modern era in 1947. ... Harold Henry Pee Wee Reese (July 23, 1918 - August 14, 1999) was an American professional baseball player who played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958. ... Not to be confused with the anti-Communist senator Joseph Raymond McCarthy. ... For other uses, see Bipolar. ... Death is the cessation of physical life in a living organism or the state of the organism after that event. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Kahn (or Cahn) is a surname which may refer to: Albert Kahn – French banker, philanthropist and photograph collector Albert Kahn – American industrial architect Albert E. Kahn – American journalist Alfred E. Kahn – American economist Alfred R. Kahn – CEO of 4Kids Entertainment Ashley Kahn – American jazz historian Axel Kahn – French geneticist Brenda... Albert Michael DeSisto was born in 1939 and died on Halloween 2003. ... The DeSisto School may refer to either the DeSisto at Stockbridge School, or the DeSisto at Howey School, founded by Michael DeSisto. ... ... Kleenex logo This article is about the Kleenex brand. ... Kahn (or Cahn) is a surname which may refer to: Albert Kahn – French banker, philanthropist and photograph collector Albert Kahn – American industrial architect Albert E. Kahn – American journalist Alfred E. Kahn – American economist Alfred R. Kahn – CEO of 4Kids Entertainment Ashley Kahn – American jazz historian Axel Kahn – French geneticist Brenda... This article is about the sport. ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... This article is about the sport. ...

Kahn's journalism mentors included Stanley Woodward, John Lardner (the son of sportswriter/short story master Ring Lardner) and Red Smith. "Native to those people," Kahn said in an unpublished 1994 interview, "was the underlying presumption that you were familiar with a body of literature in English -- and if you knew Tolstoy, it didn't hurt, either... Our craft begins, as Red Smith said, with 'a decent respect for the mother tongue.'" Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... Sportswriting is a form of journalism who writes and reports on sports topics and events. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 - September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical takes on the sports world, marriage, and the theatre. ... Walter Wellesley Red Smith (September 25, 1905 in Green Bay, Wisconsin - January 15, 1982 in Stamford, Connecticut) was an American sportswriter who rose to become Americas most widely read sportswriter. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...

Mr. Kahn lives in the Hudson Valley community of Stone Ridge, NY with his wife, Katharine Colt Johnson, a psychotherapist. He was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame on April 30, 2006. On that occasion, Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig wrote, "Roger is an icon in our sport." Dave Anderson, the Pulitzer-Prize winning sports columnist of The New York Times, added: "Anyone who has ever read any of Roger's vast collection of writing knows only too well that he is not merely one of America's great sportswriters, but one of America's great writers period." For the magazine, see Hudson Valley (magazine). ... A community is a social group of organisms sharing an environment, normally with shared interests. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... For other uses, see Wife (disambiguation). ... Psychotherapy is an interpersonal, relational intervention used by trained psychotherapists to aid clients in problems of living. ... The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, in Commack, New York, is dedicated to honoring Jewish sports figures who have distinguished themselves in sports. ... In 1920, the owners of Major League Baseball, in order to reestablish confidence of fans in the sport following the Black Sox Scandal, established the office of Commissioner of Baseball. ... Allan Huber Bud Selig, Jr. ... Dave Anderson (born May 6, 1929 in Troy, New York) is an American sportswriter based in New York City. ... Pulitzer may refer to: Joseph Pulitzer, a U.S. newspaper publisher and journalist Roxanne Pulitzer, society diva Pulitzer Prize, an annual U.S. journalism award Pulitzer, Inc. ... A prize is an award given to a person or a group of people to recognise and reward actions or achievements. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Roger is primarily a common first name of English, French and Catalan usage, from the Germanic elements hrod (fame) and ger (spear) meaning famous with the spear. The Latin form of the name is Rogerius, as used by a few medieval figures. ... “Write” redirects here. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Though anyone who creates a written work may be called a writer, the term is usually reserved for those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Look up period in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

External links

• Roger Kahn's Official Website
• Excerpt from Article about "The Boys of Summer"