Roger Kahn is one of the top American sports writers on the subject of baseball. Kahn is best know for his 1972 memoir, the Boys of Summer, which reflects on Mr.Kahn's relationship with his father seen through their shared affection for the Brooklyn Dodgers, a team Kahn covered as a young reporter for the New York Herald Tribune. It has sold nearly three million copies and is in its 85th printing. Kahn is the author of 20 books and hundreds of articles in national magazines such as Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Time and the Saturday Evening Post. His most recent book is entitled Into My Own: The Remarkable People and Events that Shaped a Life. He lives in Stone Ridge, New York, with his wife, Katharine Johnson. |