Houghton Mifflin, 2001/02/20 00:00:00.000. Hardcover . Good. Friedman,Mark Columbus Slaughters Braves: A Novel Minor edge and corner wear to dust jacket. Dust jacket is in good condition. Minor edge and corner wear to book. Pages still clean and tight. Book is in good condition. All U.S. orders shipped with tracking number and e-mail confirmation. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

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: Colorado's Used Bookstore, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 263859
Title: Columbus Slaughters Braves
Author: Friedman,Mark
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0618025200
ISBN 13: 9780618025206
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2001/02/20 00:00:00.000
Pages: 224
Keywords: Friedman,Mark Columbus Slaughters Braves: A Novel

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