1. Bang the Drum Slowly
Author: Mark Harris
BY: Harry Coerper
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2. About the Book
• I 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.
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3. • Mark Harris was an American novelist born in Mount
Mark Harris 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 Winkler’s 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.
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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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• Mark 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.
5. 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
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