Catalina Summer
Sketches of the Past
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Lefebvre’s novel pivots around the Catalina Baseball Camp, but it’s not limited to ballgames or campfires. It’s about a time we’ve all passed through – some with ease, some dramatically complicated – but in the end a time that had a profound impact on the rest of our lives.
Benny and Virginia Lefebvre had an idea to get their boys off the streets of
Los Angeles: Start the Catalina Baseball Camp in Catalina’s remote Isthmus.
It became so popular in the ‘50s and ‘60s that thousands of boys experienced
the best summers of their lives there. From its alumni came prominent athletes,
businessmen and movie personalities. This is the true story of the Lefebvres’
youngest son Gil and his last summer at the camp. Along with his best friends
Tuck and Ross and a cast of local legends, in this wondrous, exotic and
historic setting they became their own Huckleberries. They were imaginative,
mischievous, roaring fun rascals and by some accounts irreverent, which
blended well in that extravagant setting. Enjoy the loves, fears, trials and, above
all, the hilarious tenor in which they carry off their adventures. Catalina Summer
is truly one of the most remarkable oral histories ever written about the Island’s
late ‘50s lifestyle. If you’ve been to Catalina and found it enchanting, you too
will want to go back with Gil and once again come under its spell.
Customer Reviews
Catalina
A great glimpse into a time capsule and the secret life boys growing up in the 50s on the beautiful island of Catalina. The balance of innocence and mischief is a story about finding their way and leaving their carefree youth to begin the next chapter of their life. Lefebvre's passion for the island of Catalina is evident in his description of his story intertwined with his family of basball campers and the natural beauty of a pristine playground. I loved experiencing every up and down. I especially enjoy the updates on the characters in the last chapter. I loved this book and would recommend it to anyone.
Amazing!
I don't have a lot of time in my life but Lefebvre's latest novel motivated me to stay up all night to finish a book that I could not put down. My family suffered with my bad attitude the next day, ?(because of my lack of sleep). Oh well, just read it and you will be as sleepless as I was.
Signed sleepless in California.
Makes me want a Catalina Summer!
What a grand gift for Catalina lovers. This novel is a creative remarkable literary work. Lefebvre captures the essence of Catalina's '50s lifestyle. Lots of fun and yes a few tears. Lefebvre's adventures are the catalyst that leads me to share and revisit memories of those days. Yeah a true Huckleberry experience. Bravo Lefebvre, you've done it again!