Kahn, Roger, 1927-

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Roger Kahn was born in 1927, grew up in Brooklyn and rooted for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He joined the New York Herold Tribune in 1948 and began covering the Dodgers in 1952. In 1956, Kahn was named sports editor of Newsweek magazine and became editor-at-large for the Saturday Evening Post from 1963 to 1969. In 1972, he published 'The Boys of Summer', which became the country's number one best seller. Mr. Kahn is the author of twenty books and hundreds of articles. He has taught writing at various colleges and lectured at Yale, Princeton and Columbia universities.

From the description of Roger Kahn Papers : papers 1936-2004. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 226042780

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creatorOf Kahn, Roger, 1927-. Roger Kahn Papers : papers 1936-2004. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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associatedWith Black, Joe, 1924-2002. person
associatedWith Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) corporateBody
associatedWith Campanella, Roy, 1921-1993. person
associatedWith Campanis, Al, 1916-1998. person
associatedWith Columbia Mets (Baseball team) corporateBody
associatedWith DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999. person
associatedWith Erskine, Carl, 1926- person
associatedWith Esquire. corporateBody
associatedWith Furillo, Carl, 1922-1989. person
associatedWith Giamatti, A. Bartlett, 1938-1989. person
associatedWith MacMillan Publishing. corporateBody
associatedWith Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962. person
associatedWith National League of Professional Baseball Clubs. corporateBody
associatedWith New York Giants (Baseball team) corporateBody
associatedWith New York Herold Tribune. corporateBody
associatedWith New York-Pennsylvania League (Baseball league) corporateBody
associatedWith New York Times. corporateBody
associatedWith New York Yankees (Baseball team) corporateBody
associatedWith Random House. corporateBody
associatedWith Reese, Pee Wee, 1918-1999. person
associatedWith Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972. person
associatedWith Roe, Preacher, 1915- person
associatedWith Rosenthal, Harold, -1999. person
associatedWith Rose, Pete, 1941- person
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associatedWith South Atlantic League (Baseball league) corporateBody
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associatedWith Sport magazine. corporateBody
associatedWith Sports Illustrated. corporateBody
associatedWith Thomson, Bobby, 1923-2010. person
associatedWith Utica Blue Sox (Baseball team) corporateBody
associatedWith Warner Books. corporateBody
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Birth 1927

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