Shoeless Joe

Shoeless Joe PDF Author: W. P. Kinsella
Publisher: Rosetta Books
ISBN: 0795311710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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The novel that inspired Field of Dreams: “A lyrical, seductive, and altogether winning concoction.” —The New York Times Book Review One of Sports Illustrated’s 100 Greatest Sports Books “If you build it, he will come.” When Ray Kinsella hears these mysterious words spoken in the voice of an Iowa baseball announcer, he is inspired to carve a baseball diamond in his cornfield. It is a tribute to his hero, the legendary Shoeless Joe Jackson, whose reputation was forever tarnished by the scandalous 1919 World Series. What follows is a timeless story that is “not so much about baseball as it is about dreams, magic, life, and what is quintessentially American” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). “A triumph of hope.” —The Boston Globe “A moonlit novel about baseball, dreams, family, the land, and literature.” —Sports Illustrated

Shoeless Joe

Shoeless Joe PDF Author: W. P. Kinsella
Publisher: Rosetta Books
ISBN: 0795311710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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Book Description
The novel that inspired Field of Dreams: “A lyrical, seductive, and altogether winning concoction.” —The New York Times Book Review One of Sports Illustrated’s 100 Greatest Sports Books “If you build it, he will come.” When Ray Kinsella hears these mysterious words spoken in the voice of an Iowa baseball announcer, he is inspired to carve a baseball diamond in his cornfield. It is a tribute to his hero, the legendary Shoeless Joe Jackson, whose reputation was forever tarnished by the scandalous 1919 World Series. What follows is a timeless story that is “not so much about baseball as it is about dreams, magic, life, and what is quintessentially American” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). “A triumph of hope.” —The Boston Globe “A moonlit novel about baseball, dreams, family, the land, and literature.” —Sports Illustrated

Shoeless Joe

Shoeless Joe PDF Author: W. P. Kinsella
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395957738
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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More than the inspiration for the beloved film Field of Dreams, Shoeless Joe is a mythical novel about "dreams, magic, life, and what is quintessentially American" (Philadelphia Inquirer). "If you build it, he will come." These mysterious words, spoken by an Iowa baseball announcer, inspire Ray Kinsella to carve a baseball diamond in his cornfield in honor of his hero, the baseball legend Shoeless Joe Jackson. What follows is both a rich, nostalgic look at one of our most cherished national pastimes and a remarkable story about fathers and sons, love and family, and the inimitable joy of finding your way home.

Shoeless Joe

Shoeless Joe PDF Author: W. P. Kinsella
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007517750
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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The book that inspired the movie Field of Dreams.

Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa

Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa PDF Author: W. P. Kinsella
Publisher: Dallas : Southern Methodist University Press
ISBN:
Category : Baseball players
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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The title story was the basis for the movie "Field of Dreams".

The Iowa Baseball Confederacy

The Iowa Baseball Confederacy PDF Author: W. P. Kinsella
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618340804
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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From the author of the bestselling "Shoeless Joe" comes another vintage baseball tale that "like magic . . . holds together and entices you from one page to the next, until at the end you ache for more" ("Milwaukee Journal").

Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa

Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa PDF Author: W. P. Kinsella
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780887503436
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 153

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The Secret of the Northern Lights

The Secret of the Northern Lights PDF Author: W. P. Kinsella
Publisher: Saskatoon : Thistledown Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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The Secret of the Northern Lights continues the chronicle which has delighted thousands and outraged a select few since Silas Ermineskin first appropriated the English language in 1977 with Dance Me Outside.

Shoeless Joe & Me

Shoeless Joe & Me PDF Author: Dan Gutman
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061973564
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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When Joe Stoshack hears about Shoeless Joe Jackson -- and the gambling scandal that destroyed the star player's career -- he knows what he has to do. If he travels back in time with a 1919 baseball card in his hand, he just might be able to prevent the infamous Black Sox Scandal from ever taking place. And if he could do that, Shoeless Joe Jackson would finally take his rightful place in the Baseball Hall of Fame. But can Stosh prevent that tempting envelope full of money from making its way to Shoeless Joe's hotel room before the big game?

Fall from Grace

Fall from Grace PDF Author: Tim Hornbaker
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 1613219148
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Considered by Ty Cobb as “the finest natural hitter in the history of the game,” “Shoeless Joe” Jackson is ranked with the greatest players to ever step onto a baseball diamond. With a career .356 batting average—which is still ranked third all-time—the man from Pickens County, South Carolina, was on his way to becoming one of the greatest players in the sport’s history. That is until the “Black Sox” scandal of 1919, which shook baseball to its core. While many have sympathized with Jackson’s ban from baseball (even though he hit .375 during the 1919 World Series), not much is truly known about this quiet slugger. Whether he participated in the throwing of the World Series or not, he is still considered one of the game’s best, and many have fought for his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. From the author of Turning the Black Sox White (on Charles Comiskey) and War on the Basepaths (on Ty Cobb), Shoeless Joe tells the story of the incredible life of Joseph Jefferson Jackson. From a mill boy to a baseball icon, author Tim Hornbaker breaks down the rise and fall of “Shoeless Joe,” giving an inside look during baseball’s Deadball Era, including Jackson’s personal point of view of the “Black Sox” scandal, which has never been covered before. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Shoeless Joe

Shoeless Joe PDF Author: W. P. Kinsella
Publisher: Everbind
ISBN: 9780784816639
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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A novel for secondary school English classes with great writing and important themes.