Edition |
First hardcover edition. |
Description |
191 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm |
Note |
Originally published in 2003 under the title: The golem's mighty swing. |
Contents |
I. The revival : Cane Ridge, Kentucky, 1801 : thousands of pilgrims look towards heaven to find salvation -- II. Hundreds of feet below daylight : Solomon's Gulch, Idaho, 1886 : the last residents of a mining town continue their descent -- III. The golem's mighty swing : small town America, the early 1920s : a barnstorming Jewish baseball team create a golem to deliver them from their trials. |
Summary |
I. The revival : Cane Ridge, Kentucky, 1801 : thousands of pilgrims look towards heaven to find salvation -- II. Hundreds of feet below daylight : Solomon's Gulch, Idaho, 1886 : the last residents of a mining town continue their descent -- III. The golem's mighty swing : small town America, the early 1920s : a barnstorming Jewish baseball team create a golem to deliver them from their trials. |
Subject |
United States -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Revivals -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Baseball -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Golem -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Gold mines and mining -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Baseball. (OCoLC)fst00827904
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Gold mines and mining. (OCoLC)fst00944469
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Golem. (OCoLC)fst00944656
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Revivals. (OCoLC)fst01096567
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Genre/Form |
Graphic novels.
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Comics (Graphic works) (OCoLC)fst01921613
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Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Comic books, strips, etc.
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Added Title |
Golem's mighty swing
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God, gold and golems |
Other Form: |
Online version: Sturm, James, 1965- Golem's mighty swing. James Sturm's America. 1st hardcover ed. Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 (OCoLC)654403326 |
ISBN |
9781897299050 (bound) |
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1897299052 (bound) |
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