Growing Up With "Shoeless Joe" The Greatest Natural Player in Baseball History - Hardcover

Thompson, Joe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0966253108 ISBN 13: 9780966253108

Publisher: Jti Pub, 1997

Synopsis

Size 9X12" Hardcover Sturdite with gold foil, 300 pages 90lb. Luxor nonglare paper, large 16 point boldface type (Classic Schoolbook) text, illustrated with numerous photographs, many of which have never been published before, including a five color dust cover.

The book presents a new perspective on the life story of the world's greatest slugger and baseball's most unheralded natural talent.

About this title

About the Author:

Joe Thompson, son of noted Greenville, South Carolina pioneer sports announcer, sports editor, and civic leader James W. "Jimmie" Thompson, has devoted more than 20 years recording his family history with his brother Jack - a professional photographer, and researching the tragic life story his hometown baseball idol, Shoeless Joe Jackson. This story is finally revealed in "Growing Up With Shoeless Joe."

Review:

Joe Thompson, a native of Greenville, SC, where Jackson lived most of his life, is passionately convinced that Jackson was a totally innocent victim of those around him, including not only players and gamblers, but some baseball executives as well. In his book, Thompson lists the reasons that convince him Jackson should have baseball's pardon, and should be inducted into the Hall of Fame. He concedes that his main purpose in writing this book was to further wide-spread efforts to clear Jackson's name and stimulate a reevaluation on the part of those with the power to bring Jackson's pardon and induction about. -- Dan Foster, Sports Editor, The Greenville News

About this edition

• Publisher: Jti Pub
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0966253108
• ISBN 13: 9780966253108
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300