False Spring (eBook)

A Memoir

Pat Jordan (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
245 Seiten
Open Road Media (Verlag)
978-1-5040-3364-0 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;One of the best and truest books about baseball, and about coming to maturity in America."e; -TimeIn the late 1950s, acclaimed sportswriter Pat Jordan was a young pitching phenom, blowing away opposing batters for his Fairfield, Connecticut, high school baseball team. Fifteen major league clubs offered him a contract, but it was the Milwaukee Braves who won out, signing Jordan to a $45,000 bonus one of the largest paid to any new player by the organization and shipping him off to McCook, Nebraska, to play for their Class D ball club. It did not take long, however, for Jordan to realize he was out of his depth in professional baseball's backwoods. He battled with inconsistency and a lack of control for three dismal seasons in such far-flung locales as Keokuk, Iowa, and Palatka, Florida, before the Braves released him and he gave up his dreams of big league greatness. Declared "e;unforgettable"e; by the Los Angeles Times and "e;a major triumph"e; by the Philadelphia Inquirer, A False Spring is a powerful and deeply affecting memoir about the gift of athletic talent and the heartbreak of unfulfilled promise.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.4.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• ISBN-10: 1-5040-3364-7 / 1504033647
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5040-3364-0 / 9781504033640