Miracle: The Legacy of Don Larsen's Miracle Game

by Lew Paper

MIRACLE: Don Larsen's Perfect Game and the Men Who Made it Happen Lew Paper A detailed look not just at one of the most famous World Series games in history, but at a bygone era and the men who lived it. This inning-by-inning thriller recounts the perfect game pitched by Don Larsen in the 1956 World Series, including the stories of every player in the game the managers, and the bygone era when true baseball heroes enchanted and inspired an entire nation. MIRACLE is not just a story about the most famous players for the Yankees and the Dodgers but about anyone who believes in or has witnessed the power of miracles. This is a wonderfully inventive look at a compelling moment, in the tradition of Doris Kearns Goodwin's "Wait Till Next Year." Lew Paper is an author and an attorney who lives in Washington, D.C.

336 pages, Paperback

Published March 3, 2009

About the author

Lew Paper, a graduate of Harvard Law School, is the author of six previous books, including In the Cauldron: Terror, Tension, and the American Ambassador’s Struggle to Avoid Pearl Harbor, and Perfect: Don Larsen’s Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made It Happen. His articles and book reviews have appeared in numerous periodicals, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The American Scholar.