ISBN: 9780767907330 - The Way Home: Scenes from a Season, Lessons from a Lifetime (17 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. When Henry Dunow signs up to coach his son Max's Little League team on Manhattan's Upper West Side, he finds himself looking back on his own childhood and his father, Moishe, a Yiddish writer and refugee from Hitler's Europe, who had considered recreation like playing catch with his son narishkeit, foolishness. Determined to be a different kind of parent to his first grader, Dunow bumbles through a self-test of fatherhood on the scruffy fields of New York's Riverside Park, playing coach, cheerleader, father, and friend to a ragtag bunch of seven-year-olds, many of whom are discovering baseball for the first time. The Way Home is the affecting and ironic story of Dunow's journey of discovery as he watches his relationship with Max evolve over the course of a Little League season, and comes to understand what being a father to his son can teach him about the man who was his own father.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. When Henry Dunow signs up to coach his son Max's Little League team on Manhattan's Upper West Side, he finds himself looking back on his own childhood and his father, Moishe, a Yiddish writer and refugee from Hitler's Europe, who had considered recreation like playing catch with his son narishkeit, foolishness. Determined to be a different kind of parent to his first grader, Dunow bumbles through a self-test of fatherhood on the scruffy fields of New York's Riverside Park, playing coach, cheerleader, father, and friend to a ragtag bunch of seven-year-olds, many of whom are discovering baseball for the first time. The Way Home is the affecting and ironic story of Dunow's journey of discovery as he watches his relationship with Max evolve over the course of a Little League season, and comes to understand what being a father to his son can teach him about the man who was his own father.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition first Printing. With dust jacket. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience. Ex-Library.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Fine. First Edition first Printing. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. First Edition first Printing. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. When Henry Dunow signs up to coach his son Max's Little League team on Manhattan's Upper West Side, he finds himself looking back on his own childhood and his father, Moishe, a Yiddish writer and refugee from Hitler's Europe, who had considered recreation like playing catch with his son narishkeit, foolishness. Determined to be a different kind of parent to his first grader, Dunow bumbles through a self-test of fatherhood on the scruffy fields of New York's Riverside Park, playing coach, cheerleader, father, and friend to a ragtag bunch of seven-year-olds, many of whom are discovering baseball for the first time. The Way Home is the affecting and ironic story of Dunow's journey of discovery as he watches his relationship with Max evolve over the course of a Little League season, and comes to understand what being a father to his son can teach him about the man who was his own father.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. When Henry Dunow signs up to coach his son Max's Little League team on Manhattan's Upper West Side, he finds himself looking back on his own childhood and his father, Moishe, a Yiddish writer and refugee from Hitler's Europe, who had considered recreation like playing catch with his son narishkeit, foolishness. Determined to be a different kind of parent to his first grader, Dunow bumbles through a self-test of fatherhood on the scruffy fields of New York's Riverside Park, playing coach, cheerleader, father, and friend to a ragtag bunch of seven-year-olds, many of whom are discovering baseball for the first time. The Way Home is the affecting and ironic story of Dunow's journey of discovery as he watches his relationship with Max evolve over the course of a Little League season, and comes to understand what being a father to his son can teach him about the man who was his own father.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. RELIABLE library withdrawal with a NICE dust jacket in the plastic, protective cover. Stamped at the page edge with a card pocket page on the inside. Light scuff to the plastic cover. This edition is PRESENTABLE.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Bound Manuscript. Bound Manuscript copy of this autobiographical work about "a forty-something dad's misadventures as coach of his son's New York City Little League team", and includes author's "keen observations about parenthood, Jewishness, urban life, and the culture of competition among men and boys". Book.…

Hardcover w/ D. Condition: Used: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDBiography: General: Very Good Hardcover with Dust Jacket, Clean Pages, Prompt Shipment with Tracking.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. ix, [3], 256, [1] pages. First book of the New York-based literary agent; ". a touching story of a man trying to understand what it means to be a father" (jacket lower flyleaf). Presentation copy, signed (as "Hammerin Hank") and inscribed by Dunow in black ink on half-title page. Slight rubbing and minor nicks to jacket; else a near fine copy. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. B/w Title Vignette (illustrator). Signed and Inscribed By Author. Book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Like New. Like New. First Edition Stated. 256pp Tales from a Little League on New York City's Riverside Park.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First printing. Flat-signed by author with generic inscription (no names). Navy textured paper boards with gold foil-stamped spine. ONLY flaw is moderate bumping to head and light bumping to tail of spine edges. NO markings throughout - NO rem mark or ex-lib. DJ is moderately soiled, bumped at top and has two tears: 1/2" and 1/16" long. Price intact: $22.95. Photos avail upon request. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Numbers are printed inside, 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2, the first printing of the first United States edition. The jacket is not price-clipped but has some dust spotting and handling marks. designed by Jennifer Ann Daddie (illustrator).