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Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Roger Angell |
ISBN: | 0803259514 9780803259515 |
OCLC Number: | 53284972 |
Notes: | Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1972. |
Description: | x, 303 pages ; 21 cm |
Contents: | Rustle of spring -- Box scores -- The old folks behind home -- The short season -- Amazin' -- The "go!" shouters -- S is for so lovable -- Farewell -- A clean, well-lighted cellar -- Classics and campaigns-I -- A tale of three cities -- Taverns in the town -- Two strikes on the image -- West of the Bronx -- The future, maybe -- The cool bubble -- Classics and campaigns-II -- A terrific strain -- The flowering and subsequent deflowering of New England -- A little noise at twilight -- The leaping corpse, the shallow -- Cellar, the French pastime, the walking radio, and other summer mysteries -- Days and nights with the unbored -- The Baltimore Vermeers -- Part of a season: bay and back bay -- Some pirates and lesser men -- The interior stadium. |
Responsibility: | Roger Angell. |
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"This collection of essays takes you into the heart of baseball as it was in the 1960s, conveyed with humor and insight. . . . The key here is that Roger Angell is a stunning writer. He is also in many ways a highly cerebral one and yet utterly down to earth-a writer who can translate the nuances of the game with perfect clarity."-Tim McCarver, The Wall Street Journal * The Wall Street Journal * "Page for page, The Summer Game contains not only the classiest but also the most resourceful baseball writing I have ever read."-New York Times Book Review * New York Times Book Review * "Only Angell's love of language surpasses his passion for baseball. . . . A splendid book."-Newsweek * Newsweek * "A decade's worth of meditations and observations . . . searching for the Higher Game, the cosmology behind each pitch, each swing, each 'shared joy and ridiculous hope' of summer's long adventure."-New York Review of Books * New York Review of Books * "Fans know that Angell, fiction editor for The New Yorker, is one of the heavy hitters of baseball writing. Dating back to 1977 and 1972, respectively, these are two of his finest collections. Essential for public and academic libraries."-Library Journal * Library Journal * Read more...

