"Immaculately researched, well-written."—Wall Street Journal
"Nowlin . . . has written a well-researched biography about the fascinating journey of the Red Sox during the Yawkey era. Although the team never won a World Series under Yawkey's stewardship, he was able to produce players such as Jimmie Foxx, Ted Williams, and Carl Yastrzemski. Nowlin touches on all aspects of Yawkey's life as a philanthropist as well as an aggressive deal-maker, even with regard to controversial issues. This is the most in-depth book written about Yawkey; Red Sox and baseball history fans will appreciate it."—Gus Palas, Library Journal
"A wonderful portrait of Yawkey, who was so shaped both by the time and place he came of age in, and crippled by them, too."—Bill Reynolds, Providence Journal
"Tom Yawkey allows the reader to be immersed in baseball's atmosphere during the Yawkey era."—Ron Slate, On the Seawall
"An excellent source of information for both the man and his team."—Lance Smith, Guy Who Reviews Sports Books
"Bill Nowlin does an incredible job of going into the complex figure that was Tom Yawkey, making this biography a must-read when it comes to understanding the history of the Boston Red Sox."—Jason Schott, brooklynfans.com
“Tom Yawkey loved baseball. He played pepper at Fenway Park, he ordered the walls cushioned when Fred Lynn lay on the ground in the 1975 World Series, and when Dick O’Connell and John Harrington went to his bedside in ’76 to tell him they’d bought Rollie Fingers and Joe Rudi, he replied, ‘Why didn’t you get Bando?’ Had he been more dictator than kind, he’d have won the ring that eluded him.”—Peter Gammons, sportswriter, media personality, and winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for outstanding baseball writing from the Baseball Writers Association of America
“Tom Yawkey was arguably the most important, and least understood, figure in the long history of the Red Sox, and Bill Nowlin is the team’s most passionate and dedicated chronicler. Yawkey needed a book like this, and we are most fortunate that Bill was the guy who wrote it.”—Mark Armour, author of Joe Cronin: A Life in Baseball
