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- Publication Date
- 2008-05-01
- Pages
- 340
- ISBN
- 9781566637824
- Book Title
- End of Baseball
- Item Length
- 9.4 in
- Publisher
- Dee Publisher, Ivan R.
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation, Fiction
- Topic
- Baseball / Essays & Writings, Baseball / General, Sports
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Item Weight
- 22.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Product Information
In Peter Schilling's wonderful novel, the extraordinary baseball season of 1944 comes vividly to life. Bill Veeck, the maverick promoter, returned from Guadalcanal with a leg missing and $500 to his name, has hustled his way into buying the Philadelphia Athletics. Hungry for a pennant, young Veeck jettisons the team's white players and secretly recruits the legendary stars of the Negro Leagues, fielding a club that will go down in baseball annals as one of the greatest ever to play the game. Here are the behind-the-scenes adventures that bring this dream to reality, and a cast of characters only history's pen could create. The End of Baseball is the most rollicking, free-spirited baseball story in years, the unvarnished truth of that incredible season and the men who lived it.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dee Publisher, Ivan R.
ISBN-10
1566637821
ISBN-13
9781566637824
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63855508
Product Key Features
Book Title
End of Baseball
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / Essays & Writings, Baseball / General, Sports
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Fiction
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Item Weight
22.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3619.C37e63 2008
Reviews
The detail paid to each character, making each unique, and making many both hero and villain, will mesmerize any reader., To paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, some baseball novels see things as they are and ask why; Pete Schilling Jr.'s brilliantly conceived The End of Baseball sees things that weren't and imagines what could have been. Starting from an unconfirmed baseball legend--that maverick baseball owner Bill Veeck once tried to buy the Philadelphia A's and roster them with Negro League stars--Schilling re-imagines post-1944 America in the wake of an event infinitely more convulsive than Jackie Robinson's signing by the Brooklyn Dodgers. Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis and J. Edgar Hoover (who think Veeck is a Communist) are not happy, and the city of Philadelphia and, eventually, all of America are changed forever by the entry of Negro League stars Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige and Cuban great Martin Dihigo into the national spotlight. The best baseball novel so far this century., The End of Baseball reminded me of the books on the shelf at my grandfather's house. Schilling captures the period beautifully. A wonderful story., Just as the exploits of the great players of the Negro Leagues have assumed the status of mythology, the Bill Veeck of the stories most of us have received secondhand has always seemed like a character from the imagination of a first rate novelist. Peter Schilling's fine book stirs all that wonderful, received folklore into a classic what-if tale. People always say baseball is a game where anything can happen, but there was a time when the most magical thing that might have happened, didn't; The End of Baseball is so engaging and convincing that it accomplishes something truly special: it makes you wish desperately it were true., Schilling offers a compassionate, enjoyable re-imaging of the early days of baseball . A terrific tale., I always wished I could have spent time in the Negro Leagues, and I always wanted to hang out with Bill Veeck. In Peter Schilling's work of inventive history, The End of Baseball, I was allowed to do both, and I thank him for that. If you ever wondered what might have happened if Veeck had succeeded in an attempt to buy the A's and fill the roster with Negro League stars, here's a chance to find out. Enjoy the journey., Schilling "s talent in this novel is the voice he gives the players "they are believable Schilling succeeds mightily., Peter Schilling Jr.…writes a gripping novel that diehard fans and those in search of a great story alike will love., The End of Baseball is more than a simple story; it also serves as a reminder of the consequences of indulging, rather than battling against the darker natures that exist within us all…. Peter Schilling Jr. deserves the highest of marks for creating a fictitious history that feels like the genuine article., The End of Baseball captures the mood and feel of a time like no other baseball novel I have ever read. You are hooked quickly and for the duration. It reminds me of the thrill I got when I first read E. L. Doctorow's Ragtime., Even if you're not a lover of baseball, this book is still a bracing reminder of how people were mistreated just for the color of their skin yet still chose to play a game that brought them great joy .Schilling does a great job of taking the readers inside the skin and minds of the men who really wanted (and deserved) the respect of baseball fans around the world., Even if you're not a lover of baseball, this book is still a bracing reminder of how people were mistreated just for the color of their skin yet still chose to play a game that brought them great joy….Schilling does a great job of taking the readers inside the skin and minds of the men who really wanted (and deserved) the respect of baseball fans around the world., In the ultimate 'woulda-coulda-shoulda' story, the vaunted color line is no match for Veeck's showmanship and unquenchable spirit., Offers a glimpse into a world that could have been, and fuels the debate about Bill Veeck and the integration of baseball., Schilling offers a compassionate, enjoyable re-imaging of the early days of baseball.... A terrific tale., No, we're not talking about the Mets collapse last year. In Schilling's novel, set in the 1944 season, baseball maverick Bill Veeck buys the Philadelphia Athletics and, determined to field the best team, recruits ballplayers from the Negro Leagues for his roster (he reportedly considered doing this in real life). Of course, the establishment--the cranky commissioner Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis and even J. Edgar Hoover--is aghast. But readers are sure to cheer both Veeck and players such as Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige in this alternate take on baseball history., The End of Baseball is a hearty feast for the baseball glutton. Schilling has researched his subject well and has produced a historically water-tight tale, leaving the willing reader to ponder 'What if?', Schilling's talent in this novel is the voice he gives the playersthey are believable… Schilling succeeds mightily., Peter Schilling takes one of the great 'what-might-have-been' episodes in baseball history and brings it to life. This is the best baseball novel I've read about this era since Mark Winegartner's Veracruz Blues. A fine achievement., With this debut, sportswriter Schilling has written one of the best baseball novels since Howard Frank Mosher's Waiting for Teddy Williams....This exciting, fast-paced story is a fine commentary on baseball lore, race relations, and American sentiment during World War II, and it will have the reader hanging on every pitch, wondering how Veeck and his players will overcome racial discrimination to prove they can play in the major leagues., No baseball season would be complete without at least one terrific work of fiction, and Publishers Weekly thinks this is it: 'an exciting, fast-paced story' that is 'a fine commentary on baseball lore, race relations and American sentiment during World War II.' Schilling makes the legendary promoter Bill Veeck the star of his novel, a man so intent on winning a pennant that he recruits stars from the Negro League to play on his club in 1944. It isn't the way things were but the way they should have been., Mainly, as somebody in baseball puts it, The End of Baseball sails straight down central. As somebody else in baseball used to say, it's a winner., Schilling offers a compassionate, enjoyable re-imaging of the early days of baseball…. A terrific tale., Peter Schilling Jr. writes a gripping novel that diehard fans and those in search of a great story alike will love., The End of Baseball is more than a simple story; it also serves as a reminder of the consequences of indulging, rather than battling against the darker natures that exist within us all . Peter Schilling Jr. deserves the highest of marks for creating a fictitious history that feels like the genuine article., Even if you're not a lover of baseball, this book is still a bracing reminder of how people were mistreated just for the color of their skin yet still chose to play a game that brought them great joy....Schilling does a great job of taking the readers inside the skin and minds of the men who really wanted (and deserved) the respect of baseball fans around the world., The world of baseball during World War II provides the atmospheric background for this inspired debut novel that mingles fact and fantasy Schilling's what-if tale brilliantly re-creates a bygone era., Of all sports, rivalled perhaps only by boxing, baseball has the strongest links with literature. Philip Roth, Mark Harris, Bernard Malamud and W. P. Kinsella are among the game's literati. They're joined by Peter Schilling Jr. in The End of Baseball (Ivan R. Dee, 337 pages, $25), set in the war year of 1944, as Bill Veeck (a real and important figure), in the face of opposition from the likes of commie-in-every-closet FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, raids the Negro Leagues for stars like JoshGibson and Satchell Paige., The author is an experienced sports journalist who has written a delightful historical novel about his favorite sport. It is about the team that 'almost was' in an extraordinary baseball season of 1944. The protagonist is Bill Veeck, a maverick promoter, who buys the Philadelphia Athletics. Because he is hungry to win a pennant, Veeck drops the white players and secretly recruits the legendary stars of the Negro Leagues. The result is the greatest team ever to play the game. Schilling recounts behind-the-scenes stories that include real-life columnist Walter Winchell, J. Edgar Hoover, and such players as Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, Martin Dihigo, Cool 'Papa' Bell, Willie Wells and Buck Leonard., The End of Baseball is more than a simple story; it also serves as a reminder of the consequences of indulging, rather than battling against the darker natures that exist within us all.... Peter Schilling Jr. deserves the highest of marks for creating a fictitious history that feels like the genuine article., Peter Schilling's historical baseball novel is a blast. Like a Satchel Paige flutter ball, it amuses and beguiles with every sharp turn. It's perfect for baseball lovers, but it will entertain anyone who loves a good story. Filled with wonderful characters and lively writing, The End of Baseball is the best baseball novel I've read in years., Peter Schilling Jr....writes a gripping novel that diehard fans and those in search of a great story alike will love., Schilling's talent in this novel is the voice he gives the players-they are believable... Schilling succeeds mightily., The world of baseball during World War II provides the atmospheric background for this inspired debut novel that mingles fact and fantasy...Schilling's what-if tale brilliantly re-creates a bygone era., The world of baseball during World War II provides the atmospheric background for this inspired debut novel that mingles fact and fantasy…Schilling's what-if tale brilliantly re-creates a bygone era., The End of Baseball, when on the field, is one of those books where pages can flip in wonderful three or four pages chunks. Schilling has a great talent for description of in-game storytelling, and also for getting inside both the respective heads of his players and the mood of the dugout.
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2007-045781
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Dewey Edition
22
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