During one of the most tumultuous years in our history, a remarkable baseball season unfolded.
In 1968, most baseball players had to work a second job to make ends meet. There were no wild-card teams or division winners. That year the Detroit Tigers became only the third club in history to rally from a 3-1 (more…)
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'Summer' one of PW's Top 10 for this springJanuary 27, 2012 
Detroit, 1967
By Michael Coffey Jan 20, 2012 This June, the Summer Olympics from London will be hard to escape, and there are no fewer than five books in the pages that follow that deal with the history of Olympic competition in one way or the other. All of the Olympics (more…) Library Journal reviewJanuary 20, 2012
Library Journal
Wendel (fiction & nonfiction writing, Johns Hopkins Univ.; High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time) follows the tradition of homing in on a key year in both baseball and U.S. history. America was being torn apart in 1968, and baseball was (more…) 'Summer' cover is doneJanuary 12, 2012
Thanks to the good folks at Da Capo for their hard work with the Summer of '68 cover. With blurbs from Ken Burns, Tom Stanton, John Thorn, David Maraniss and Hampton Sides, the new one is due out March 13, 2012.
Another endorsement for Summer of '68December 27, 2011
This is from my good friend and top Detroit author Tom Stanton:
"No book better captures how in 1968 sports changed America -- and vice versa. In splendid fashion, Tim Wendel takes us on a rollicking journey through an unparalleled year of tumult, tragedy and, too, joy. Summer of '68 reads like a novel brimming (more…) First endorsement for Summer of '68November 20, 2011
“As always, Tim Wendel gets to the heart of this game and the complicated republic it so precisely mirrors.”
-- Ken Burns Moving ahead on book frontNovember 8, 2011
Just sent off the captions for the 16-pages of photos in the Summer of '68. Next up is reading the copy-edited version. Pub date is officially March 13, 2012.
Mr. Holland's OpusOctober 23, 2011
A few summers ago, when I was in Texas researching High Heat, I spoke with Derek Holland about what it was like to have Nolan Ryan as the president of the ballclub he pitched for. What kind of influence did Ryan have, if any?
"We talk a fair amount," said Holland, who was struggling (more…) RFK in IndianapolisOctober 18, 2011 
Talking Titles -- The ChoiceOctober 2, 2011
It's official: The title of the new one is Summer of '68: When Baseball -- and America -- Changed Forever.
Tentative pub date is March 13, 2012, from Da Capo Press. In recent weeks we've moved from final edits to securing the last of the photos. Summer of '68 will have a larger photo signature than (more…) |
