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The Teammates : A Portrait of Friendship
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The Teammates : A Portrait of Friendship Soft cover - 2003

by Halberstam, David

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Filled with historical details and firsthand accounts, this moving story focuses on four baseball greats--Bobby Doerr, Dominic DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky and Ted Williams--whose 60-year friendship saw them through the transition from sports icons to men dealing with growing old.

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New York: Hyperion Press, 2003. 1st Edition thus . Soft cover. Fine. Unread trade paperback, photo cream covers w/ flaps. No names, clean text. With several b/w photos. Baseball players travel across the country to visit the ailing Ted Williams. 3120 shelf
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  • Title The Teammates : A Portrait of Friendship
  • Author Halberstam, David
  • Binding Soft cover
  • Edition 1st Edition thus
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 218
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hyperion Press, New York
  • Date 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 057317
  • ISBN 9780786888672 / 0786888679
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.7 in (20.83 x 13.46 x 1.78 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: New England
    • Geographic Orientation: Massachusetts
    • Locality: Boston-Worcester, Mass.
  • Library of Congress subjects Boston Red Sox (Baseball team), Baseball players - United States
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Summary

Halberstam frequently interviewed Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Dom DiMaggio, and Johnny Peske. In this book, Halberstam offers a rare glimpse into the special lives and friendships of these men. But it focuses on the more than 50-year friendship among them and serves as a testament to loyalty and the bonds of friendship. Complete with stories of their glory days with the Boston Red Sox, their lifelong friendship, and the reaction of the remaining three to the death of Ted Williams, THE TEAMMATES is a must-buy for anyone who wants to know more about these legends but more importantly, for those who want a close look at the type of friendship that comes only through sharing trials and triumphs over many years.

First line

Ted was dying, and the idea for the final trip, driving down to Florida to see him one last time, was Dominic's.

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Citations

  • Kliatt, 07/01/2004, Page 45
  • New York Times, 05/30/2004, Page 16

About the author

David Halberstam (1934-2007) was the author of twenty-two books, including fifteen bestsellers. Born in New York City, Halberstam spent much of the 1960s as a reporter for the New York Times, covering the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement. His Vietnam reporting earned him both a George C. Polk Award and a 1964 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. Vanity Fair dubbed Halberstam "the Moses of American journalism," and the subjects of his books reflect his passion and range: war, foreign policy, history, and sports.

The Best and the Brightest (1962), his sixth book, a critique of the Kennedy administration's Vietnam policy, became a #1 bestseller. His next book, The Powers that Be, a study of four American media companies, was hailed by the New York Times as a "prodigy of research." Many of Halberstam's books explored themes in professional sports, including bestsellers The Teammates, a portrait of the friendship between baseball players Ted Williams, Dominic DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, and Bobby Doerr, and The Education of a Coach, a profile of New England Patriots' Coach Bill Belichick.

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