Bang the Drum Slowly Author: Mark Harris

Bang the Drum SlowlyAuthor: Mark HarrisBY: Harry Coerper

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About the BookI read Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris. Bang the Drum Slowly is about two baseball players, Henry and Bruce that play on the fictional team The New York Mammoths. They go through many obstacles together, on the field and off the field. Bruce shocks Henry with the news that he has been diagnosed with a deadly disease and will probably die soon. Henry and Bruce continue to play on the team, making the most out of the time Bruce has left. The themes friendship, time is fleeting, and coping with death are the most prevalent throughout the book.http://www.google.com/imgres?q=baseball

Mark HarrisMark Harris was an American novelist born in Mount Vernon, New York. He spent childhood in Mount Vernon and at age 11 started keeping a journal, which would continue till the day he died. Harris had no sibling he just grew up with his mother and father, Carlyle and Ruth. Mark went to Mount Vernon high school and graduated in 1940. Right after high school he went to work at Paul Winklers press alliance news agency in New York City. His first novel in 1946, Trumpet to the World, the story of a young black soldier married to a white woman who is put on trial for striking back at a white officer. Marks work was known for being very meaningful and having a lot of emotion. Mark was best known for his novels about baseball players. His two most recognizable were Bang the Drum Slowly and The Southpaw.

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InspirationMark Harris was inspired to write Bang the Drum Slowly because he had a great passion and love for the game of baseball and played all through out high school. The story takes place in New York, where Mark grew up.

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Inspiration He named the main character after his son henry, who also plays baseball. He also he had a great passion for writing a meaningful powerful story that will move people, which Bang the Drum Slowly does an excellent job of.

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