About this title: James Sturm delivers this compelling picture novella about a barnstorming Jewish baseball team. Set in the 1920s, the story opens as The Stars of David travel from town to town earning a living by playing local squads. They all sport beards, a gimmick to attract patrons. When financial difficulties threaten to end their season they cast their lot with a Chicago promoter, Victor Paige. Paige, after seeing the German film Der Golem (a huge silent film success), procures the costume worn in the film and has one of the Stars of David don the costume.
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Description: Good. Overall light wear, but there are a couple of spots of dampstain on the top edge of the flyleaf and title page. A little tanning to pages. read more
Edition: Third printing
Binding: Softbound
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly, Montreal, Quebec
Date Published: 2001 [2003]
ISBN-13:9781896597713ISBN:1896597718
Description: Very Good. Royal octavo, paper covers with flaps, 100 pp., illustrated throughout by the author. A graphic novel. The story of a Jewish barnstorming baseball team in the 1920s. Despite the supernatural bent of the title a realistic tale. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781896597713ISBN:1896597718
Description: 1896597718. VG+. Corners and edges lightly worn; light crease at upper right of front cover.; 0.42 x 9.8 x 7.46 Inches; 100 pages. read more
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