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. Louis
Cardinals. 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. 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."
--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."
--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. 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."
--San Francisco Chronicle
"Wonderful...Memorable...Halberstam describes the final
game of the 1964 series accurately and so dramatically, I
almost thought I had forgotten the ending."
--The Washington Post Book World
"Superb reporting...Incisive analysis...You know from the
start that Halberstam is going to focus on a large human
canvas...One of the many joys of this book is the humanity
with which Halberstam explores the characters as well as
the talents of the players, coaches and managers. These are
not demigods of summer but flawed, believable human beings
who on occasion can rise to peaks of heroism."
--Chicago Sun-Times
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