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Shoeless Joe
by Kinsella, W. P
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 039532047X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395320471
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Boston< Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Octavo. 265 pp, A Novel. Text in Five titled Parts: I. Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa; II. They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964; The Life and Times of Moonlight Graham; IV. The Oldest Living Chicago Cub; V. The Rapture of J.D. Salinger. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, cover cloth shows only minor wear at the spine top - still VG. 5.8" x 8.5" white 1/4 cloth backed and dark gray papered boards, in light blue illustrated DJ. DJ in protector, with closed tear (1/2") from bootom edge and minor wear-wrinkling at the spine top and bottom & the forecorners.. .
Synopsis
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007527
- Title
- Shoeless Joe
- Author
- Kinsella, W. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 039532047X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395320471
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston< Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- A Houghton Mifflin Literary Award Novel - Baseball, an American sport - Field of Dreams, a movie
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- Small Octavo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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