San Francisco Chronicle describes the final game of the 1964 series accurately and so dramatically, I almost thought I had forgotten the ending. His time and effort researching the book result in a fluency with his topic and a fluidity of writing that make the reading almost effortless.Absorbing. Newsweek Halberstam's latest gives us the feeling of actually being there-in another time, in the locker rooms and in the minds of baseball legends. The Boston Globe Compelling.1964 is a chronicle of the end of a great dynasty and of a game, like the country, on the cusp of enormous change. Most of all, however, David Halberstam's new book should be a hit with anyone interested in understanding the important interplay between sports and society. It should be a hit with younger students of the game, who'll eat up the vivid portrayals of legends like Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris of the Yankees and Bob Gibson and Lou Brock of the Cardinals.

Photos.īook Synopsis THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * THE BEST SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR October 1964 should be a hit with old-time baseball fans, who'll relish the opportunity to relive that year's to-die-for World Series, when the dynastic but aging New York Yankees squared off against the upstart St. This acclaimed chronicle of the 1964 World Series tells of the face-off between the Yankees and the Cardinals, giving readers the feeling of actually being there. About the Book Halberstam's bestselling Summer of '49 proved that all books on baseball can be as much about America as they are about sport.

October 1964 by David Halberstam