Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 2001 Corner bumping otherwise in would be in fine condition. A novel of two brothers,one ordinary,married schoolteacher and soon to be father and the other a great baseball player.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fine.

Synopsis

Joe Columbus is an ordinary man: schoolteacher, husband, father-to-be. His younger brother, CJ, however, is anything but ordinary: the Chicago Cubs' star third baseman, a baseball hero, destined for greatness. In a voice both humorous and plaintive, Joe tells of his brother's remarkable ascent from the sandlots of their southern California childhood to the ivy-walled shrine of Wrigley Field, in an effort to explain not only CJ's apparently charmed life but also his own missteps and failures -- his collapsing marriage, his envy and cowardice, and a rift between brothers that is healed only by tragedy. Mark Friedman's first novel is the heartbreaking tale of two brothers whose lives lead to vastly different fates. A richly imagined story that explores both the grand and enduring allure of our national pasttime and the complications of our lives -- our longings, losses, and regrets -- COLUMBUS SLAUGHTERS BRAVES is for anyone who has had a hero or wanted to be one. Like W. P. Kinsella's SHOELESS JOE and Richard Ford's THE SPORTSWRITER, this is a compassionate but honest novel that introduces readers to a gifted and extraordinarily perceptive writer.

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Bookseller: Dan A.Domike (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002127
Title: Columbus Slaughters Braves
Author: Friedman, Mark
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0618025200
ISBN 13: 9780618025206
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication: Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
Bookseller catalogs: Baseball Books;

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