Author: Robert Mayer Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780618329618 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 348
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The author of "The Dreams of Ada" and "I, JFK" pens the story of a boy in theBronx who desperately wants to be a major league shortstop; at the end of thebook, at age 53, he still does.
Author: William C. Kashatus Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 0803254474 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 273
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As star players for the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, and prior to that as the first black players to be candidates to break professional baseball’s color barrier, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella would seem to be natural allies. But the two men were divided by a rivalry going far beyond the personality differences and petty jealousies of competitive teammates. Behind the bitterness were deep and differing beliefs about the fight for civil rights. Robinson, the more aggressive and intense of the two, thought Jim Crow should be attacked head-on; Campanella, more passive and easygoing, believed that ability, not militancy, was the key to racial equality. Drawing on interviews with former players such as Monte Irvin, Hank Aaron, Carl Erskine, and Don Zimmer, Jackie and Campy offers a closer look at these two players and their place in a historical movement torn between active defiance and passive resistance. William C. Kashatus deepens our understanding of these two baseball icons and civil rights pioneers and provides a clearer picture of their time and our own.
Author: Robert Mayer Publisher: Crown ISBN: 0767926897 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 514
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For fans of Serial and Making a Murderer, the true, bewildering story of a young woman’s disappearance, the nightmare of a small town obsessed with delivering justice, and the bizarre dream of a poor, uneducated man accused of murder. On April 28, 1984, Denice Haraway disappeared from her job at a convenience store on the outskirts of Ada, Oklahoma, and the sleepy town erupted. Tales spread of rape, mutilation, and murder, and the police set out on a relentless mission to bring someone to justice. Six months later, two local men—Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot—were arrested and brought to trial, even though they repudiated their “confessions,” no body had been found, no weapon had been produced, and no eyewitnesses had come forward. The Dreams of Ada is a story of politics and morality, of fear and obsession. It is also a moving, compelling portrait of one small town living through a nightmare. “A riveting true story of a brutal murder in a small town and the tragic errors made in the pursuit of justice.”—John Grisham
Author: Houghton Mifflin Company Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780618604999 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 540
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Survey of English usage, grammar, and style offering guidance on almost any writing problem imaginable.
Author: H. Clark Wakabayashi Publisher: Welcome Books ISBN: 9781932183917 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 360
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Celebrate the wonder and excitement of America's game, from Spring Training to the World Series with THE LITTLE BIG BOOK OF BASEBALL. Relive the feelings of watching Mantle and Maris battle for the home-run record, sing old favorites like 'Joltin' Joe Dimaggio,' teach a new generation about greats like The Babe and The Georgia Peach, all while cooking up recipes from your favorite ballparks. THE LITTLE BIG BOOK OF BASEBALL is the perfect gift to give every fan, young and old. This outta-the-park book includes: * Literary Excerpts and Essays: Laugh along with Dave Barry, Bob Newhart, and George Carlin; read about Jackie Robinson's first game with the Montreal Royals; enjoy essays by Tom Brokaw, Bill Bryson, George Plimpton, Garrison Keillor, and Mike Lupica as well as excerpts from W.P. Kinsella's classic Shoeless Joe and Bernard Malamud's The Natural. * Legends, Leagues, and Lore: Learn the fascinating stories behind the All-American Girls League, the Negro Leagues, and Little League. Delight in the biographies of the game's finest, including Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, and Babe Ruth, as well as a tribute to pitchers throughout history. * Poetry: Revel in the poetry of the national game, with pieces from Ogden Nash, Ernest L. Thayer, E. Ethelbert Miller, Nobert Krapf - some of the country's best-loved poets. * Fun, Facts, and Trivia: Find out how the Brooklyn Dodgers got their name, which stadium has a swimming pool for fans, and when the Yankees first wore pinstripes. Impress your friends at the next barbecue with knowledge from the pages on Baseball Collectibles, Cooperstown, New York, and Wacky but True trivia. * Recipes: Make the best that our baseball stadiums have to offer including beer brats, crab cakes, pretzel twists, homemade cracker jack, honey roasted peanuts, and more! * Songs and Speeches: Be inspired all over again as you read speeches from your favorite players, old and new, like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams, and Roberto Clemente. Then enjoy the classic songs of 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame,' 'Slide Kelly Slide,' as well as the lesser known songs, 'The Greatest,' and 'There Used to be a Ballpark.'
Author: John C. Culver Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 0393292045 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 702
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The great politician, agriculturalist, economist, author, and businessman—loved and reviled, and finally now revealed. The great politician, agriculturalist, economist, author, and businessman—loved and reviled, and finally now revealed. The first full biography of Henry A. Wallace, a visionary intellectual and one of this century's most important and controversial figures. Henry Agard Wallace was a geneticist of international renown, a prolific author, a groundbreaking economist, and a businessman whose company paved the way for a worldwide agricultural revolution. He also held two cabinet posts, served four tumultuous years as America's wartime vice president under FDR, and waged a quixotic campaign for president in 1948. Wallace was a figure of Sphinx-like paradox: a shy man, uncomfortable in the world of politics, who only narrowly missed becoming president of the United States; the scion of prominent Midwestern Republicans and the philosophical voice of New Deal liberalism; loved by millions as the Prophet of the Common Man, and reviled by millions more as a dangerous, misguided radical. John C. Culver and John Hyde have combed through thousands of document pages and family papers, from Wallace's letters and diaries to previously unavailable files sealed within the archives of the Soviet Union. Here is the remarkable story of an authentic American dreamer. A Washington Post Best Book of the Year. 32 pages of b/w photographs. "A careful, readable, sympathetic but commendably dispassionate biography."—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Los Angeles Times Book Review "In this masterly work, Culver and Hyde have captured one of the more fascinating figures in American history."—Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of No Ordinary Time "Wonderfully researched and very well written...an indispensable document on both the man and the time."—John Kenneth Galbraith "A fascinating, thoughtful, incisive, and well-researched life of the mysterious and complicated figure who might have become president..."—Michael Beschloss, author of Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963-1964 "This is a great book about a great man. I can't recall when—if ever—I've read a better biography."—George McGovern "[A] lucid and sympathetic portrait of a fascinating character. Wallace's life reminds us of a time when ideas really mattered."—Evan Thomas, author of The Very Best Men: The Early Years of the CIA "Everyone interested in twentieth-century American history will want to read this book."—Robert Dallek, author of Flawed Giant "[T]he most balanced, complete, and readable account..."—Walter LaFeber, author of Inevitable Revolutions "At long last a lucid, balanced and judicious narrative of Henry Wallace...a first-rate biography."—Douglas Brinkley, author of The Unfinished Presidency "A fine contribution to twentieth-century American history."—James MacGregor Burns, author of Dead Center: Clinton-Gore Leadership and the Perils of Moderation "[E]minently readable...a captivating chronicle of American politics from the Depression through the 1960s."—Senator Edward M. Kennedy "A formidable achievement....[an] engrossing account."—Kai Bird, author of The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy & William Bundy, Brothers in Arms "Many perceptions of Henry Wallace, not always favorable, will forever be changed."—Dale Bumpers, former US Senator, Arkansas
Author: Ronald E. Kates Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786456736 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 245
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The Conference on Baseball in Literature and American Culture has consistently produced a strong body of scholarship since its inception in 1995. Essays presented at the 2008 and 2009 conferences are published in the present work. Topics covered include religion; class and racial dichotomies in the literature of cricket and baseball; re-reading The Natural in the 21st century; the feminist movement; Don DeLillo's Game 6; baseball in Seinfeld; Robert B. Parker; Harry Stein's Hoopla; Negro league owner Tom Wilson's impact on Nashville; Major League Baseball's postwar boom; and overwrought baseball editorials, among others.
Author: A.D. Plautz Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc. ISBN: 1637108788 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 318
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Bob Parker has a shock when his doctor tells him he has an inoperable brain tumor. While he tries to live as best he can with his family, he begins to have strange dreams that seem real to him. The dreams begin to dominate him and seem to appear to be about members of his family many years in the future. As his disease progresses, he finds he can no longer communicate with his family to warn them about the tragic events that his dreams tell him that will happen. Even comatose, his dreams continue and take on a story of their own. The drama continues in a tangled plot of attempted murder, heroism, and romance.
Author: Robert Mayer
Author: William C. Kashatus
Author: Robert Mayer
Author: Houghton Mifflin Company
Author: H. Clark Wakabayashi
Author: North American Society for Sport History
Author: John C. Culver
Author: Ronald E. Kates
Author: A.D. Plautz
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