My Baseball Diary The Writing Baseball Series
Language: English
Published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1998
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Mike's Baseball Books, Chula Vista, CA, U.S.A.Mike's Baseball Books
AbeBooks seller since April 18, 2001
Condition: Used - Very good
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James T. Farrell, born in 1904 on Chicago's South Side, remained a White Sox fan from his youth until his death in 1979. He was a major force in American realism and the author of the Studs Lonigan trilogy. He wrote extensively about baseball, incorporating the baseball-playing memories of his youth into his novels and composing essays on the legendary heroes of his boyhood. In very good condition. I have over 200 books written by and about sportswriters in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.
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- Title
- My Baseball Diary The Writing Baseball Series
- Author
- Farrell, Mr. James T. with a New Forward by Joseph Durso
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0809321890
- ISBN 13
- 9780809321896
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- sportswriters
First published in 1957, My Baseball Diary chronicles James T. Farrell's enduring passion for the game, from his earliest baseball memory at the age of six through his reminiscences of his first World Series game in 1917 to his later meetings with and recollections of Hall of Famers Ray Schalk, Eddie Collins, Red Faber, Ty Cobb, and Gabby Hartnett.
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About the Author
James T. Farrell, born in 1904 on Chicago's South Side, remained an avid White Sox fan from his youth until his death in 1979. A major voice in American realism and author of the Studs Lonigan trilogy, Farrell wrote extensively about baseball, incorporating the baseball-playing memories of his youth into his novels and composing essays that recaptured the legendary heroes of his boyhood and preserved his passionate love for the game. He won nine varsity letters in high school.
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Mike's Baseball Books
Chula Vista, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since April 18, 2001
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I sell baseball fiction and nonfiction out of my home. I have a large inventory of adult novels, mysteries, juvenile series, children's titles, pulps, comics, humor, anthologies, poetry and plays. I have other sports fiction as well, football, basketball, golf, as well as many boys juvenile sport series. In nonfiction I carry team histories, biographies, history of baseball, international baseball, faith and religion in sports, the Hall of Fame, the World Series and All-Star Games, economics and the law of sport. I also have a large collection of the Sporting News Guides, Record Books, Dope Books, etc, please ask if you are looking for a specific year. I am always looking to purchase additional inventory whether one book or an entire library.…
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