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The Fifth Season. Tales of My Life in Baseball.
Donald Honig
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Description for The Fifth Season. Tales of My Life in Baseball.
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 531.
"If you were much of a boy growing up in the Maspeth section of Queens in the late 1930s and 1940s, you had the baseball fever. It seemed contagious, but it struck mostly from within. . . . Often, in later years, when I was writing a long series of books on the game, some well-intended philistine would ask to have explained to him the fascination with baseball. I offered my stock answer: 'If you have to ask the question, you'll never understand the answer.'" With this small confession Donald Honig begins his charming memoir of a life devoted to ... Read more
"If you were much of a boy growing up in the Maspeth section of Queens in the late 1930s and 1940s, you had the baseball fever. It seemed contagious, but it struck mostly from within. . . . Often, in later years, when I was writing a long series of books on the game, some well-intended philistine would ask to have explained to him the fascination with baseball. I offered my stock answer: 'If you have to ask the question, you'll never understand the answer.'" With this small confession Donald Honig begins his charming memoir of a life devoted to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566638104
SKU
V9781566638104
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About Donald Honig
Donald Honig has written a number of novels but is best known for his books about baseball, including The Image of Their Greatness, Baseball When the Grass Was Real, and 100 Greatest Players. He lives in Cromwell, Connecticut.
Reviews for The Fifth Season. Tales of My Life in Baseball.
He relates some of the best stories behind the interviews he conducted....Baseball fans—and aspiring writers—will find much of value here.
Booklist, February 2009
Booklist, February 2009