| Play for a Kingdom Contributor(s): Dyja, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156006294 ISBN-13: 9780156006293 Publisher: Harper Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii - Fiction | Romance - Historical - Victorian |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96053875 |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 5.99" W x 9.06" (1.36 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this "brilliantly imagined and neatly plotted" Civil War novel (Boston Globe), two battle-scarred companies-one Union, one Confederate-embark on a series of baseball games amid the carnage at Spotsylvania. "Wonderfully conceived and eloquently executed" (Caleb Carr). Maps. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dyja, Thomas: - Thomas Dyja has worked as a bookseller, a literary agent, an editor, and a book packager. Play for a Kingdom won the 1998 Casey Award, was named one of the best first novels of 1998 by Library Journal, and was nominated for the Barnes and Noble Discover Fiction Award. |