Imagining Baseball

Imagining Baseball
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 0253336961
ISBN-13 : 9780253336965
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Imagining Baseball by : David McGimpsey

Download or read book Imagining Baseball written by David McGimpsey and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... McGimpsey displays erudition, clever insights and a knack for the wickedly funny wisecrack (several of which are aimed at his beloved, and beleaguered, Montreal Expos). Literary baseball may be a drastically over-analyzed subject, but, like an overachieving rookie, McGrimpsey produces a far better book on it than one would have ever thought possible." --Louis Jacobson, Washington Post "This is the most important critical book on baseball literature in many years." --Murray Sperber, author of Onward to Victory From Field of Dreams to The Natural, from baseball cards to highbrow fiction, this book explores the place of baseball in American popular culture.


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