Fb2 Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs: Runyon on Baseball ePub
by Jim Reisler
Category: | Baseball |
Subcategory: | Outdoor Sports |
Author: | Jim Reisler |
ISBN: | 0786715405 |
ISBN13: | 978-0786715404 |
Language: | English |
Publisher: | Da Capo Press (March 10, 2005) |
Pages: | 336 |
Fb2 eBook: | 1876 kb |
ePub eBook: | 1560 kb |
Digital formats: | docx lrf lit azw |
Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs is a delightful collection of ballpark dispatches from one of the game's most .
Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs is a delightful collection of ballpark dispatches from one of the game's most unique chroniclers-Damon Runyon.
Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs book.
Guys, dolls, and curveballs. Damon Runyon on Baseball. Baseball historian and journalist Reisler does a great service to lovers of Angell, Kahn, Stump, and other chroniclers of the game-to say nothing to literate fans of baseball, period-by gathering Damon Runyon’s baseball writings over three decades, beginning in 1911.
Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs : Damon Runyon on Baseball.
Guys and Dolls and Other Writings (2008; introduction by Pete Hamill). A Dangerous Guy Indeed (unknown). There are many collections of Runyon's stories: in particular Runyon on Broadway and Runyon from First to Last between them provide extensive coverage. The latter is claimed to contain all of Runyon's stories (. fiction) not included in Runyon on Broadway.
For Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs: Damon Runyon on Baseball, Reisler collected Runyon's baseball writings over three decades, beginning in 1911
For Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs: Damon Runyon on Baseball, Reisler collected Runyon's baseball writings over three decades, beginning in 1911. A writer for the people, Runyon felt that true fans of the game should get the best seats in the house, which were so expensive that only the wealthy could afford them. Runyon wrote of individual players, not only of their prowess on the field, but also of their personal weaknesses.
Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs is a delightful collection of ballpark dispatches from one of the game's most unique .
Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs is a delightful collection of ballpark dispatches from one of the game's most unique chroniclers-Damon Runyon, the legendary reporter and creator of such mythic gangster icons as Nathan Detroit and the Lemon Drop Kid. Best known as the bard of Broadway for turning two-bit hustlers and deadbeat horseplayers of Jazz Age New York City into literary legend, Runyon was first and foremost a newspaperman.
Baseball writer Reisler (Black Writers/Black Baseball, 2007, et. analyzes one of the greatest upsets in World Series . A Pittsburgh native, he lives with his wife and daughter in Irvington, NY. analyzes one of the greatest upsets in World Series history. The 1960 World Series was not expected to be much of a contest.
book title Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs author Damon Runyon, Jim Reisler year 2005 publisher Carroll & Graf Publishers . List of baseball nicknames - Baseball nicknames have become an integral part of the sport s culture: In no sport are nicknames more pervasive than baseball.
List of baseball nicknames - Baseball nicknames have become an integral part of the sport s culture: In no sport are nicknames more pervasive than baseball. This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players.