About this title: Gideon Clarke, like his father before him, is searching to prove to the world that, long ago in 1908, the Chicago Cubs came to Onamata, Iowa, to play an exhibition game against the amateur Iowa Baseball Confederacy. What was to be a short, pleasant, easy game turned out to be a 2000-inning battle of wills over 40 rainsoaked days and nights that did not appear on any record book. But Gideon knows it happened and is determined to make sure the world--or at least Iowa--knows it too. He follows an old train roadbed called the Baseball Spur into the past to witness the game and talk to the players ...
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780345342300ISBN:0345342305
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. slight rubbing cover, pages intact, tight. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. The movie, Field Of Dreams, was based on this book. a marvelous read. read more
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Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Almost in new condition. Book shows only very slight signs of use. Cover and binding are undamaged and pages show minimal use. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780345342300ISBN:0345342305
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Satisfaction Guaranteed, fast shipping, please feel free to ask any questions! Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
"I started this, but after reading other reviews and being pretty bored I stopped reading. I don't think this is the type of book for somebody who doesn't like anything realistic. It's tough for me to read books based on real things, yet written in complete absurdity. These type of stories are meant for the children's section."
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