Praying for Gil Hodges: A Memoir of the 1955 World Series and One Family's Love of the Brooklyn Dodgersc - Softcover

"A small masterpiece" --Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of the bestseller Wait Till Next Year

"In Praying for Gil Hodges, Tom Oliphant has created a small masterpiece---a splendid re-creation of life in the 1950s, a poignant tribute to his parents, and a fabulous story about the central role the Brooklyn Dodgers played in the lives of his and countless other families. Moving effortlessly from an adult's perspective to a child's recollection, shifting seamlessly between the present and the past, he captures the reader's interest at every step along the way. I found myself happily transported back in time, following a warm-hearted young boy as he comes of age in a memorable era." --Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of the bestseller Wait Till Next Year

"Tom Oliphant is one of our most lyrical writers and he has written a love story---about his parents, about baseball, and most of all about the American values that shaped their lives." --Bob Schieffer, "Face the Nation"