| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
ix, 422 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Truth -- How I got my nickname --The night Manny Mota tied the record -- First names and empty pockets -- Searching for January -- Lieberman in love -- The Grecian urn -- The fog -- Beef -- Distances -- How Manny Embarquadero overcame and began his climb to the major leagues -- The Indian Nation Cultrural Exchange Program -- K Mart -- The firefighter -- Dr. Don -- Brother Frank's Gospel Hour -- The Alligator Report--with questions for discusion -- King of the street -- Wavelengths -- Do not abandon me -- Marco in Paradise -- Out of the picture -- The lightning birds -- Punchlines -- The last surviving member of the Japanese Victory Society -- The job -- The risk takers -- The lime tree -- Doves and proverbs -- Waiting on Lombard Street -- Shoeless Joe Jackson comes to Iowa. |
| Summary |
Here are his notorious First Nation narratives of indigenous Canadians, and a literary homage to J. D. Salinger. Alongside the "real" story of the 1951 Giants and the afterlife of Roberto Clemente, are the legends of a pirated radio station and a hockey game rigged by tribal magic. |
| Subject |
Baseball stories.
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Indians of North America -- Fiction.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Fiction.
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| Subject |
Short stories, Canadian.
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| Added Title |
Short stories. Selections
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The essential W.P. Kinsella |
| ISBN |
9781616961879 |
|
1616961872 |
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