Skip to content

Columbus Slaughters Braves. A Novel
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Columbus Slaughters Braves. A Novel Paperback - 2001

by Friedman, Mark

  • Used
  • as new
  • Paperback
  • first

Description

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. Advance Reading Copy/Proof. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. This is the Advance Reading Copy/Uncorrected Proof in pictorial wrapper. February 2001. Softcover. 200 pages. Being made into a movie, this poignant first novel explores the rivalry between a man and his brother, a basball hero. As new. Unread..
New
NZ$19.98
FREE Shipping to USA Standard delivery: 7 to 14 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from Marvin Minkler Modern First Editions (Vermont, United States)

Details

  • Title Columbus Slaughters Braves. A Novel
  • Author Friedman, Mark
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Company, New York
  • Date 2001
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2211
  • ISBN 9780618025206 / 0618025200
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.55 x 5.74 x 0.81 in (21.72 x 14.58 x 2.06 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Baseball players, Baseball stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00033432
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About Marvin Minkler Modern First Editions Vermont, United States

Biblio member since 2012
Seller rating: This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

Marvin Minkler Modern First Editions Over 5,000 Fine Books for the Discerning Reader and/or Collector

Terms of Sale:

30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.

Browse books from Marvin Minkler Modern First Editions

Summary

Joe Columbus is an ordinary man: schoolteacher, husband, father-to-be. His younger brother, CJ, however, is anything but ordinary: the Chicago Cubs' star third baseman, a baseball hero, destined for greatness.
In a voice both humorous and plaintive, Joe tells of his brother's remarkable ascent from the sandlots of their southern California childhood to the ivy-walled shrine of Wrigley Field, in an effort to explain not only CJ's apparently charmed life but also his own missteps and failures -- his collapsing marriage, his envy and cowardice, and a rift between brothers that is healed only by tragedy.
Mark Friedman's first novel is the heartbreaking tale of two brothers whose lives lead to vastly different fates. A richly imagined story that explores both the grand and enduring allure of our national pasttime and the complications of our lives -- our longings, losses, and regrets -- COLUMBUS SLAUGHTERS BRAVES is for anyone who has had a hero or wanted to be one. Like W. P. Kinsella's SHOELESS JOE and Richard Ford's THE SPORTSWRITER, this is a compassionate but honest novel that introduces readers to a gifted and extraordinarily perceptive writer.

Categories