The Teammates, A Portrait of Friendship [signed by Bobby Doerr]

Halberstam, David

ISBN 10: 140130057X / ISBN 13: 9781401300579

Published by Hyperion Press, Scranton, PA, U.S.A., 2003

About this Item

218 pages; blue and gray boards; illustrated dust jacket (not price-clipped); signed in ink on the half-title page by Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr ("Best Wishes Bob Doerr") at a book-signing event at this bookstore; slight ding to fore-edge of front cover (not visible when jacket is on); contents clean and bright; binding tight and square; appearing new and unread. A near fine copy in a fine jacket.

Seller Inventory # 001287

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Teammates, A Portrait of Friendship [signed by Bobby Doerr]
• Publisher: Hyperion Press, Scranton, PA, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 140130057X
• ISBN 13: 9781401300579
• Binding: No Binding
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by subject

About this title

Synopsis

Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Dom DiMaggio, and Johnny Pesky were all members of the famed 1940's Boston Red Sox. Their legendary careers led the Red Sox to a pennant championship and ensured the men a place in sports history. David Halberstam, the bestselling author of the baseball classic Summer of '49, has followed the members of the 1949 championship Boston Red Sox team for years, especially Williams, Doerr, DiMaggio, and Pesky. In this extremely moving book, Halberstam reveals how these four teammates became friends, and how that friendship thrived for more than 60 years. The book opens with Pesky and DiMaggio travelling to see the ailing Ted Williams in Florida. It's the last time they will see him. The journey is filled with nostalgia and memories, but seeing Ted is a shock. The most physically dominating of the four friends, Ted now weighs only 130 pounds and is hunched over in a wheelchair. Dom, without even thinking about it, starts to sing opera and old songs like 'Me and My Shadow' to his friend. Filled with stories of their glory days with the Boston Red Sox, memories of legendary plays and players, and the reaction of the remaining three to Ted Williams' recent death, The Teammates offers us a rare glimpse into the lives of these celebrated men-and great insight into the nature of loyalty and friendship.

About the Author

David Halberstam was one of America's most distinguished journalists and historians. After graduating from Harvard in 1955, he covered the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement, then was sent overseas by the New York Times to report on the war in Vietnam. The author of fifteen bestsellers, including The Best and the Brightest, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his Vietnam reporting at the age of thirty. He was killed in a car accident on April 23, 2007, while on his way to an interview for what was to be his next book.