| The Celebrant Contributor(s): Greenberg, Eric Rolfe (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803270372 ISBN-13: 9780803270374 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1993 Annotation: The first two decades of the 20th century were a time of promise and innocence in America. Hardworking immigrants could achieve the American dream, and heroes were really heroic. Greenberg authentically chronicles the real-life saga of the first national baseball hero, Christy Mathewson, and the fictional story of a Jewish immigrant family of jewelers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 92025509 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.01" W x 9.03" (0.82 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first two decades of the twentieth century were a time of promise and innocence in America. Hardworking immigrants could achieve the American dream; heroes were truly heroic. Eric Rolfe Greenberg brilliantly and authentically chronicles the real-life saga of the first national baseball hero, Christy Mathewson, and the fictional story of a Jewish immigrant family of jewelers. In these pages Mathewson and other great players like John McGraw, Honus Wagner, and Connie Mack discover the realities behind the shining illusions: the burdens of being a hero and the temptations that taint success. Purchase the audio edition. |