Shoeless Joe

Shoeless Joe
Title Shoeless Joe PDF eBook
Author W. P. Kinsella
Publisher Rosetta Books
Total Pages 262
Release 2014-01-09
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0795311710

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The novel that inspired Field of Dreams: “A lyrical, seductive, and altogether winning concoction.” —The New York Times Book Review One of Sports Illustrated’s 100 Greatest Sports Books “If you build it, he will come.” When Ray Kinsella hears these mysterious words spoken in the voice of an Iowa baseball announcer, he is inspired to carve a baseball diamond in his cornfield. It is a tribute to his hero, the legendary Shoeless Joe Jackson, whose reputation was forever tarnished by the scandalous 1919 World Series. What follows is a timeless story that is “not so much about baseball as it is about dreams, magic, life, and what is quintessentially American” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). “A triumph of hope.” —The Boston Globe “A moonlit novel about baseball, dreams, family, the land, and literature.” —Sports Illustrated

Say It Ain't So, Joe!

Say It Ain't So, Joe!
Title Say It Ain't So, Joe! PDF eBook
Author Donald Gropman
Publisher Citadel Press
Total Pages 420
Release 1999
Genre Baseball players
ISBN 9780806521152

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This immensely readable biography tells the story of Shoeless Joe Jackson, generally considered baseball's greatest natural hitter ever--but who was implicated in the most notorious sports scandal in American history. of photos.

Shoeless Joe & Me

Shoeless Joe & Me
Title Shoeless Joe & Me PDF eBook
Author Dan Gutman
Publisher Harper Collins
Total Pages 180
Release 2009-10-06
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0061973564

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When Joe Stoshack hears about Shoeless Joe Jackson -- and the gambling scandal that destroyed the star player's career -- he knows what he has to do. If he travels back in time with a 1919 baseball card in his hand, he just might be able to prevent the infamous Black Sox Scandal from ever taking place. And if he could do that, Shoeless Joe Jackson would finally take his rightful place in the Baseball Hall of Fame. But can Stosh prevent that tempting envelope full of money from making its way to Shoeless Joe's hotel room before the big game?

Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball

Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball
Title Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball PDF eBook
Author Harvey Frommer
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages 257
Release 2016-10-01
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 1630760099

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Another peek at baseball's good old days—or, in this case, bad old days—by veteran sports-historian Harvey Frommer. Frommer paints Shoeless Joe as a baseball natural ("Joe Jackson hit the ball harder than any man ever to play baseball"—Ty Cobb), an illiterate hick (his table utensils consisted of knife and fingers), and an innocent man snared by the greatest scandal in baseball history.

Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy

Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy
Title Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy PDF eBook
Author Phil Bildner
Publisher Turtleback Books
Total Pages 0
Release 2005-03
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 9781417740567

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Shoeless Joe Jackson, said by some to be the greatest baseball player ever, goes into a hitting slump just before he is to start his minor league career, so he asks his friend to make him a special bat to help him hit. A Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner

Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa

Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa
Title Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa PDF eBook
Author W. P. Kinsella
Publisher Dallas : Southern Methodist University Press
Total Pages 0
Release 1993
Genre Baseball players
ISBN 9780870743566

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The title story was the basis for the movie "Field of Dreams".

Fall from Grace

Fall from Grace
Title Fall from Grace PDF eBook
Author Tim Hornbaker
Publisher Skyhorse
Total Pages 422
Release 2016-06-14
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 1613219148

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Considered by Ty Cobb as “the finest natural hitter in the history of the game,” “Shoeless Joe” Jackson is ranked with the greatest players to ever step onto a baseball diamond. With a career .356 batting average—which is still ranked third all-time—the man from Pickens County, South Carolina, was on his way to becoming one of the greatest players in the sport’s history. That is until the “Black Sox” scandal of 1919, which shook baseball to its core. While many have sympathized with Jackson’s ban from baseball (even though he hit .375 during the 1919 World Series), not much is truly known about this quiet slugger. Whether he participated in the throwing of the World Series or not, he is still considered one of the game’s best, and many have fought for his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. From the author of Turning the Black Sox White (on Charles Comiskey) and War on the Basepaths (on Ty Cobb), Shoeless Joe tells the story of the incredible life of Joseph Jefferson Jackson. From a mill boy to a baseball icon, author Tim Hornbaker breaks down the rise and fall of “Shoeless Joe,” giving an inside look during baseball’s Deadball Era, including Jackson’s personal point of view of the “Black Sox” scandal, which has never been covered before. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.