The Last At Bat Of Shoeless Joe

Author : Granville Wyche Burgess
Publisher : Chickadee Prince Books
ISBN 13 : 9781732913912
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last At-Bat of Shoeless Joe written by Granville Wyche Burgess and published by Chickadee Prince Books. This book was released on 2019-05 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1951. Greenville, South Carolina. Jimmy Roberts is the best hitter in this little mill town, and maybe in the whole Textile Baseball League. He's got major league potential, and then some. But to get there, he'll need a miracle. Or maybe the help of a local drunk and liquor store owner ... who just happens to go by the name of "Shoeless Joe."

Author : W. P. Kinsella
Publisher : Rosetta Books
ISBN 13 : 0795311710
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shoeless Joe written by W. P. Kinsella and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2014-01-09 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : Phil Bildner
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9781417740567
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy written by Phil Bildner and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shoeless Joe Jackson, said by some to be the greatest baseball player ever, goes into a hitting slump just before he is to start his minor league career, so he asks his friend to make him a special bat to help him hit. A Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner

Author : Tim Hornbaker
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 1613219148
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fall from Grace written by Tim Hornbaker and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Phil Bildner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781415585825
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy written by Phil Bildner and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shoeless Joe Jackson, said by some to be the greatest baseball player ever, goes into a hitting slump just before he is to start his minor league career, so he asks his friend to make him a special bat to help him hit.

Author : Phil Bildner
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy written by Phil Bildner and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some say Shoeless Joe Jackson was the greatest hitter ever. But Shoeless Joe had a partner: his bat, Black Betsy. And if not for the faithful Black Betsy, Joe might never even have made it to the major leagues. This is the story of two great partners in baseball history -- Shoeless Joe Jackson and his bat, Black Betsy.

Author : Donald Gropman
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806521152
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Say It Ain't So, Joe! written by Donald Gropman and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This immensely readable biography tells the story of Shoeless Joe Jackson, generally considered baseball's greatest natural hitter ever--but who was implicated in the most notorious sports scandal in American history. of photos.

Author : Phil Bildner
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780606350167
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shoeless Joe & Black Betsy written by Phil Bildner and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Texas Bluebonnet Award winner tells the story of legendary baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson, who along with his good friend Charlie Ferguson creates Black Betsy--the finest baseball bat in the land. Full color.

Author : John Nogowski
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493068474
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Last Time Out written by John Nogowski and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-07-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most sports fans know that Ted Williams ended his major league career with style, swatting a home run in his final at bat. But what about Babe Ruth? Ty Cobb? Joe DiMaggio? Willie Mays? How did some of baseball's greatest players bow out of The Game? Last Time Out answers that question as it examines how the greatest players in baseball history left the game they once ruled. The stories of these men and how they finished their careers, never collected anywhere before now, show another side of the men whose achievements on the field made them legends. After hours and hours of research, through biographies, microfilm, magazines, and memories, award-winning sportswriter John Nogowski culled the stories of the final games of 25 of The Game's greatest athletes-Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson, Dizzy Dean, Satchel Paige, Carlton Fisk, Bob Feller, Joe Morgan, and Carl Yastrzemski are among those featured. This impressive work recounts the circumstances surrounding these final games and puts you in a box seat to witness and sense the moment as these glorious careers ceased, most often with little fanfare. Whether it be Shoeless Joe Jackson, Lou Gehrig, Pete Rose, or Cal Ripken, Jr., Last Time Out beautifully captures in words and photographs the essence of these players' last time in uniform and celebrates the magic of the game these famed players mastered and loved.

Author : Gene Carney
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1597971081
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burying the Black Sox written by Gene Carney and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New insight on baseball's most famous scandal