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Poetry Night at the Ballpark
Poetry Night at the Ballpark and Other Scenes from an Alternative America © 2015 Bill Kauffman 442 pages “Lift up your hearts, friends – America ain’t dead yet.” For thirty years, Bill Kauffman has been blowing raspberries at or haranguing … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged America, baseball, Bill Kauffman, essays, localism, politics, Politics-CivicInterest
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Murder at Fenway Park
Murder at Fenway Park© 1994 Troy Soos252 pages 1912, Boston. The Titanic is only a few weeks lost to the North Atlantic bottom, but Mickey Rawling’s mind isn’t on one of the biggest maritime disasters of history. No, he’s just been … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged 1910s, baseball, historical fiction, mystery
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Hanging Curve
Hanging Curve © 1999 Troy Soos272 pages St. Louis, 1922. Babe Ruth reigns as the king of baseball. Mickey Rawlings is no king, not even a prince, but he is at least in the peerage: a utility infielder for the … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged 1920s, baseball, Civil Rights, historical fiction, mystery, race
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The Chosen
The Chosen © 1967 Chaim Potok 288 pages Danny and Reuven are two Orthodox Jewish boys who take one thing very seriously: baseball. When their rival schools meet on the baseball diamond, religious passion turns play to war, and an … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged baseball, bildungsroman, Chaim Potok, fathers and sons, Judaism, Of Boys and Men, WW2
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This week at the Library: Hunger Games, Hunting, and Baseball
I started this year off by finishing The Hunger Games: its finale, Mockingjay, utterly consumed my attention. It’s the story of revolution, a war against the oppressive Capitol which erupted in the course of the 75th Hunger Games, a teenage deathmatch … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science fiction
Tagged adventure, baseball, dystopia, Man vs State, science fiction, sports and outdoors, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, thriller, week in review
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Calico Joe
Calico Joe© 2012 John Grisham208 pages It’s not every day that dear old dad tries to murder your childhood hero, but such a thing happened to Paul Tracy. His dad was Warren Tracy, an abusive drunk playing for the Mets … Continue reading