For the past fifteen years, Kahn has lived in Croton-on-Hudson, an hour north of New York City. His home is a testament to printed matter; biographies of Proust, Mahler, Hearst and Hitler line the downstairs bookcases, while his upstairs workroom is filled with papers and books. Evidence of Kahn’s passions is also found on the wall leading to his cluttered study: A photo of poet Robert Frost is framed in neat juxtaposition to a signed action shot of outfielder Willie Mays.

Married to his third wife, clinical therapist Katharine Johnson, Kahn is hard at work on a baseball book about pitchers that’s due next year from Harcourt Brace. He’s understandably proud of his print legacy—besides his voluminous newspaper and magazine work, he’s written fifteen books—but long ago Kahn recognized that he’ll always be known for The Boys of Summer.

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