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Arts & Literature
Roger Kahn
Who
Roger Kahn · Arts & Literature
What
Author
When
1927, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 2020, Mamaroneck, New York, United States
Where
United States
Biography
Roger Kahn is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Author
How & why
Kahn was an American author and sportswriter best known for 'The Boys of Summer' (1972), a memoir about the Brooklyn Dodgers of his youth that is widely considered one of the finest books ever written about baseball. Blending sports reporting with elegy for a lost Brooklyn, it broadened the literary ambitions of American sportswriting. He was Jewish, raised in a Brooklyn Jewish family.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Authors
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Authors
