num_pages: 272
description: "A replay of another sort, a psalm, really, to the '75 Red Sox . . . transcend[s] the box-score mentality of so much sportswriting . . . captures the true joy of baseball . . . very fine." --The New York Times Book Review An inspiring look at the 1975 World Series, The Boys of October takes the reader back to those 12 exhilarating days in 1975, when the ragtag Boys from Beantown faced Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine." Against the backdrop of a hot summer during turbulent times, this compelling book celebrates baseball and the heroes who made it what it is.
language: English
title: The Boys of October : How the 1975 Boston Red Sox Embodied Baseball's Ideals--and Restored Our Spirits
titlecomplete: The Boys of October : How the 1975 Boston Red Sox Embodied Baseball's Ideals--and Restored Our Spirits
genres: Sports, Nonfiction, Baseball
ratings_count: 64
publisher: McGraw-Hill