Shoeless

Author : W. P. Kinsella
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795311710

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Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella Pdf

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 : David L. Fleitz
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786450237

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Shoeless by David L. Fleitz Pdf

"Shoeless" Joe Jackson was one of baseball's greatest hitters and most colorful players. Born Joseph Jefferson Wofford Jackson on July 16, 1888, in Pickens County, South Carolina, Jackson went to work in a textile mill when he was around six years old, and got his start in baseball playing for the Brandon Mill team at the age of 13 earning $2.50 a game. He emerged as the star of the team and a favorite of fans with his hitting and throwing abilities, and moved up to play in the Carolina Association, where he received his nickname "Shoeless" because the blisters on his feet forced him to play in his stockings. He then made his move to the major leagues, signing on with the Philadelphia Athletics and rising to fame. This work chronicles Jackson's life from his poor beginnings to his involvement in the scandal surrounding the 1919 World Series to his life after baseball and his death December 5, 1951, with most of the work focusing on his baseball career.

Author : W. P. Kinsella
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0395957737

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Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella Pdf

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.

Author : Dan Gutman
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780061973567

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Shoeless Joe & Me by Dan Gutman Pdf

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?

Author : Phil Bildner
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1417740566

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Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy by Phil Bildner Pdf

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 : Granville Wyche Burgess
Publisher : Chickadee Prince Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1732913919

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The Last At-Bat of Shoeless Joe by Granville Wyche Burgess Pdf

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 : John Passfield
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781463441647

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Out of the Park by John Passfield Pdf

When we go to a baseball stadium and cheer a person like Babe Ruth for hitting the ball harder, higher, further and more often than the other players, we are cheering him as our representative. We cheer people of exceptional accomplishment whose achievements are so highly visible and so obviously measurable because we, too, are faced with the complexity of the lives that we live and are challenged to perform feats of heroic proportions just to be able to say that we have lived our lives well when we come to the end. In the novel, Babe Ruth says, "There ain't nothin' like a game of baseball. There ain't nothin' like a beautiful summer day, with the clouds light and fluffy and the sun on the back of your shoulders and a nice liftin' breeze comin' down onto the field from out of the stands." The man who feels this way about the game he loves is a man who faces enormous challenges, digs deep down inside himself and finds whatever is needed in order to triumph in the game of life. This makes him a fitting representative for us all; we all hit spectacular home runs in out own quiet ways.

Author : Donald Gropman
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Baseball players
ISBN : 0806521155

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Say It Ain't So, Joe! by Donald Gropman Pdf

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 : Angie Abdou,Jamie Dopp
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781771992282

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Writing the Body in Motion by Angie Abdou,Jamie Dopp Pdf

Sport literature is never just about sport. The genre’s potential to explore the human condition, including aspects of violence, gender, and the body, has sparked the interest of writers, readers, and scholars. Over the last decade, a proliferation of sport literature courses across the continent is evidence of the sophisticated and evolving body of work developing in this area. Writing the Body in Motion offers introductory essays on the most commonly taught Canadian sport literature texts. The contributions sketch the state of current scholarship, highlight recurring themes and patterns, and offer close readings of key works. Organized chronologically by source text, ranging from Shoeless Joe (1982) to Indian Horse (2012), the essays offer a variety of ways to read, consider, teach, and write about sport literature.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:30000001468127

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The Navy Chaplain by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew M. Greeley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351517218

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God in the Movies by Andrew M. Greeley Pdf

The religious imagination is alive and well in the movies. Contrary to those who criticize Hollywood, popular movies very often have metaphorically represented God on the screen. From Clint Eastwood as an avenging angel in Pale Rider and Nicolas Cage as a lovesick angel in City of Angels to Jessica Lange as an angel of death in All That Jazz, and from George Burns as God in Oh, God! to Audrey Hepburn in Always to pure white light in Fearless and Flatliners, God is very much present in the movies.

Author : Harvey Frommer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781630760090

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Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball by Harvey Frommer Pdf

Another peek at baseball's good old days—or, in this case, bad old days—by veteran sports-historian Harvey Frommer. Frommer paints Shoeless Joe as a baseball natural ("Joe Jackson hit the ball harder than any man ever to play baseball"—Ty Cobb), an illiterate hick (his table utensils consisted of knife and fingers), and an innocent man snared by the greatest scandal in baseball history.

Author : W. P. Kinsella
Publisher : Dallas : Southern Methodist University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Baseball players
ISBN : 0870743562

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Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa by W. P. Kinsella Pdf

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

Author : Andrei Marmor,Scott Soames
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199572380

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Philosophical Foundations of Language in the Law by Andrei Marmor,Scott Soames Pdf

This collection brings together the best contemporary work in the area of philosophy of language and the law. The first area concerns a critical assessment of the foundational role of language in understanding the nature of law itself. The second main area concerns a number of ways in which an understanding of language can resolve some of the issues prevalent in legal interpretation, the third general topic concerns the role of language in the context of particular legal doctrines and legal solutions to practical problems.

Author : David Sutton,Peter Wogan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000182200

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Hollywood Blockbusters by David Sutton,Peter Wogan Pdf

Why do 'Jaws', 'Field of Dreams', 'The Big Lebowski', and 'The Godfather' remain strikingly popular in this age of fragmented audiences and ever-faster spin cycles? "Hollywood Blockbusters: The Anthropology of Popular Movies" argues that these films continue to captivate audiences because they play upon underlying tensions and problems in American culture, much like the myths that anthropologists study in non-Western contexts. In making this argument, the authors employ and extend anthropological theories about ritual, kinship, gift giving, power, egalitarianism, literacy, metalinguistics, stereotypes, and the mysteries of the Other. The results - original insights into modern film classics, American culture, and anthropological theory - will appeal to students of Film, Media, Anthropology, Sociology, and Cultural Studies.