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Title: Gift of the Bambino : A Novel by Jerry Amernic ISBN: 0-312-31759-X Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Gift of the Bambino is a hit with me.
Comment: Gift of the Bambino is a treat. It made me laugh, it made me cry and it touched me deeply. The Babe Ruth theme is cleverly woven through out the story, with intriguing details about the baseball giant that will delight his fans, but which move in and out of focus around the real story of a boy and his father. This is story about family and about respect, and it is memorable because it is the kind of novel that reaches out to each of us in a personal way. Thanks Jerry Amernic...can't wait for your next novel!
Rating: 5
Summary: Jerry Amernic Hits Home Run with Gift of the Bambino
Comment: I'm not a baseball fan. I don't follow the sport. Yet I read this novel in one sitting and enjoyed it immensely. Why was I so taken by this coming of age story built around a colorful bit of baseball history? Why did it appeal to me?
There were a number of reasons. First of all, I learned something about baseball that I didn't know before, including the fact that the key event in the story took place right here in the city where I live. That was news. But that wasn't what kept me reading.
What kept me reading was the artful telling of the tale, the air of innocence in which the story was cloaked, the charm of its naivete, the little humorous moments, the turns of phrase.
It now occurs to me, that there were two babes in the book. One was Babe Ruth. And I felt his pain as he deteriorated. The other babe was the narrator. And I felt his uncertainty as he groped for enlightenment and maturity.
This baseball story is certain to appeal to baseball fans. But as I discovered, non-fans will enjoy it as well.
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Title: 27 Men Out : Baseball's Perfect Games by Michael Coffey ISBN: 0743446062 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 06 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow ISBN: 1594200092 Publisher: The Penguin Press Pub. Date: 26 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Everything Happens in Chillicothe: A Summer in the Frontier League With Max McLeary, the One-Eyed Umpire by Mike Shannon ISBN: 0786416947 Publisher: McFarland & Company Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Ninety Feet from Fame : Close Calls with Baseball Immortality by Michael Robbins ISBN: 0786713356 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: 09 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet by Jim Mann, James Mann ISBN: 0670032999 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 08 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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