Bang The Drum Slowly

The article is about the 1956 novel. For the 1973 film adaption, see Bang the Drum Slowly (film) Bang the Drum Slowly was Mark Harris's most celebrated baseball novel, a sequel to The Southpaw (1953). First published in 1956 and made famous by a television adaption (1956-with Paul Newman starring) and a later film adaptation in 1973. Harris's narrator Henry Wiggen, a star pitcher, tells the story of a baseball season with the New York Mammoths (a fictional team based on the New York Yankees) -- a season notable for the team's success but blighted by the terminal illness of catcher Bruce Pearson. Wiggen is probably the smartest player on the ballclub, and Pearson is likely the dumbest. Wiggen tries to be supportive of Pearson while concealing his illness. It is regarded as one of the best of all baseball stories.
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