| Shoeless Joe Contributor(s): Kinsella, W. P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0395957737 ISBN-13: 9780395957738 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1999 Annotation: Inspiration for the movie "Field of Dreams, Shoeless Joe" is the ultimate baseball novel. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sports - Fiction | Fantasy - Contemporary - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 81019196 |
| Lexile Measure: 1020 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.53 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Iowa - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 73771 Reading Level: 6.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The inspiration for the beloved film Field of Dreams, Shoeless Joe is a mythical novel about "dreams, magic, life, and what is quintessentially American" (Philadelphia Inquirer). "If you build it, he will come." These mysterious words, spoken by an Iowa baseball announcer, inspire Ray Kinsella to carve a baseball diamond in his cornfield in honor of his hero, the baseball legend Shoeless Joe Jackson. What follows is both a rich, nostalgic look at one of our most cherished national pastimes and a remarkable story about fathers and sons, love and family, and the inimitable joy of finding your way home. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kinsella, W. P.: - W. P. Kinsella (1935-2016) was the author of numerous works of fiction, including the best-selling Shoeless Joe, for which he won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship, The Iowa Baseball Confederacy, and eleven highly acclaimed short story collections. |