Bibliograph

Tales of the diamond, selected gems of baseball fiction, William Price Fox [and others] ; [edited by Laurence J. Hyman and Laura Thorpe] ; introduction by Ron Fimrite ; foreword by Francis T. Vincent, Jr. ; illustrated by Miles Hyman

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Tales of the diamond, selected gems of baseball fiction, William Price Fox [and others] ; [edited by Laurence J. Hyman and Laura Thorpe] ; introduction by Ron Fimrite ; foreword by Francis T. Vincent, Jr. ; illustrated by Miles Hyman

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Tales of the diamond

Oclc number

26975069

Responsibility statement

William Price Fox [and others] ; [edited by Laurence J. Hyman and Laura Thorpe] ; introduction by Ron Fimrite ; foreword by Francis T. Vincent, Jr. ; illustrated by Miles Hyman

Sub title

selected gems of baseball fiction

Table Of Contents

Baseball Hattie / Damon Runyon -- The Umpire's revolt / Paul Gallico -- The Thrill of the grass / W.P. Kinsella -- Nebraska crane / Thomas Wolfe -- A Killing / Roger Angell -- My kingdom for Jones ? Wilbur Schramm -- Leroy Jeffcoat / William Price Fox -- The Perfect game / Sergio Ramírez -- Old well-well / Zane Grey -- What did we do wrong? / Garrison Keillor -- The Pitcher and the plutocrat / P.G. Wodehouse -- Braves 10, giants 9 / Shirley Jackson -- You could look it up / James Thurber -- The Hector Quesadilla story / T. Coraghessan Boyle

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