
How the Weather Was
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The author of The Boys of Summer writes about an array of legendary figures in this collection of essays and interviews from the late 1950s to the 1970s. "... In the end, the range, like the style, reflects myself. Let the present, then, and the recent past, the ball players, poets, policemen, professors, musicians-in short, these emperors and clowns-stride before you, each hoping, as the author does, to please." Robert Frost, Claudio Arrau, John Lardner, Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Leo Durocher, Bobby Thomson, Al Rosen, Jascha Heifetz, and other celebrities in their years of glory, in their times of trial. This is a book about people to be remembered, and what it was like in America at a very special time. "Beautiful...persons and events through the eyes of a sharp, articulate observer."- New York Times "No one else has written a piece so startling about the legend of Babe Ruth...After reading this book you will never feel the same about a lot of legends...A very special book...A book to treasure."- Chicago Sun-Times "Irresistible...You can't stop reading!"- Chicago Tribune
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Content
- Intro
- How the Weather Was
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Introduction: of Emperors and Clowns
- The Metaphor of Sport
- Road Map
- A Look Behind a Legend
- The Day Bobby Thomson Hit His Home Run
- They Ain't Getting No Maiden
- Willie's Song
- A Jewish Education
- Pierian Springs
- A Masque of Genius
- Encountering Frost
- The Thorns of Glory
- Police Blotter
- The Case of the Butchered Bookmaker
- The Night they Raided Academe
- The Flower of the Field
- The World of John Lardner
- The Robinsons
- A Coffin for My Father
- Connect with Diversion Books
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