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Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash with his ...Show synopsisThirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash with his childhood hero, the Cubs' golden-boy Joe Castle, in a contest from which no winners emerged. Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that it's time to face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973, father and son make their way to Calico Rock, Arkansas, where either redemption or rejection awaits them.Hide synopsis
Calico Joe (Doubleday Books) – Hardcover (2012)
by
John Grisham
Hardcover, Doubleday Books 2012
English
208 pages
ISBN: 0385536097 ISBN-13: 9780385536097
"Books are cloth-bound, signed and numbered, with printed endpapers, gold stamping, a slipcase, and a ribbon marker." At long last, America's favorite storyteller takes on America's favorite pastime. In this surprising and moving novel, the careers of a golden-boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths. The baseball is thrilling, but it's what happens off the field that makes Calico Joe a classic."Books are cloth-bound, signed and numbered, with printed endpapers, gold stamping, a slipcase, and a ribbon marker." At long last, America's favorite storyteller takes on America's favorite pastime. In this surprising and moving novel, the careers of a golden-boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths. The baseball is thrilling, but it's what happens off the field that makes Calico Joe a classic.Hide
Description:New. COLLECTIBLE. Signed by John Grisham. Very Limited Edition...New. COLLECTIBLE. Signed by John Grisham. Very Limited Edition-only 350 copies printed. STATED FIRST EDITION; and also a FIRST PRINTING with full 10 digit number line. Brand New hardcover in Collectors Slip Case, still in original shrink wrap (partially open). Bound page marker Nice tight book. Text is clean and unmarked. No remainder marks. Your order processed and shipped promptly in a box with a tracking number in the US. Satisfaction guaranteed with fast, friendly service and easy returns. Thousands of orders shipped. Thank you for your order.
Although I devour John Grisham's legal novels I equally enjoy his storytelling outside that scope. I loved A painted house but Calico Joe is equally fascinating and reveals his love of baseball, also part of the previously mentioned novel. If you're more into football I recommend Playing for Pizza. ...
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Review Written by Bernie Weisz, Historian Pembroke Pines, Florida, U.S.A. September 30, 2012 Contact: BernWei1@aol.com Title of Review: The Code of Baseball, A Ruined Childhood & A Trip Down Memory Lane!
Anyone that became a teenager in the early 1970's will immediately take to John Grisham's "Calico ...
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