Shoeless Joe by Kinsella, W. P - 1982

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1982. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is a bump with wrinkling and a small nick to the top rear board and a smaller, less indented bump to the top front board. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several a couple of nicks to the spine ends , some light rubbing and one small, semi-closed triangular tear to the rear spine joint. "One summer evening, while sitting on his porch, Ray hears the disembodied voice of a baseball announcer saying If you build it, he will come." "Joseph Jefferson Jackson (July 15, 1888 – December 5, 1951) , nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American outfielder who played Major League Baseball in the early part of the 20th century. He is remembered for his performance on the field and for his alleged association with the Black Sox Scandal, in which members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World Series." .