(xv) 253 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Graham Pilsworth. Writing by: Robert Fontaine; Scott Young; Morley Callaghan; Raymond Souster; Mordecai Richler; George Bowering; W. D. Valgardson; Dennis Gruending; Hugh Hood; John Craig; Lesley Choyce; W. P. Kinsella; Gay Hyland; William J. Kleback; Ken Norris; Paul Quarrington; Judith Fitzgerald; Alison Gordon; Robert Currie; Pat Jasper; Edo van Belkom; Richard Cumyn; and Donald Johnson. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

THE GRAND-SLAM BOOK OF CANADIAN BASEBALL WRITING

Publisher

Pottersfield Press, Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia

Publication Date

1993

Language

English

ISBN 10

0919001793

ISBN 13

9780919001794

Binding

Soft cover

Illustrator

Graham Pilsworth;

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Near Fine

Book Type

Book

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Sports - Baseball

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A collection of some os the best baseball writing by Canada's creative writers. 25 authors are represented including:Morley Callaghna, Paul Quarrington, Scott Young, Mordecai Richler, and W.P.Kinsella.

About the Author

John Bell is an Ottawa-based writer and editor. His previous Pottersfield books include literary portraits of Halifax and Ottawa. During the early 1960s he had an undistinguished Little League career in South End Halifax. A little later, he played briefly as a ringer on a small town team in Queen's County, Nova Scotia. He refuses to divulge his batting average.

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