The Summer of ’49

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The Summer of ’49

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David Halberstam
The Summer of ’49 (1989) focused on the 1949 American League baseball pennant race between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, but it did so while examining the spirit of postwar America. He wrote about the rise of the celebrity athlete and…
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The Summer of ’49 (1989) focused on the 1949 American League baseball pennant race between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, but it did so while examining the spirit of postwar America. He wrote about the rise of the celebrity athlete and…
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