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Descrizione libro Softcover. Condizione: new. Reprint. About the AuthorRich Cohen is the New York Timesbestselling author of Tough Jews Monsters Sweet and Low The Sun the Moon the Rolling Stones The Chicago Cubs and The Last Pirate of New York and with Jerry Weintraub When I Stop Talking Youll Know Im Dead He is the cocreator of the HBO series Vinyl a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and a writer at large for Air Mail He has written for The New York Times The New Yorker The Atlantic and Harpers Magazine among other publications Cohen has won the Great Lakes Book Award the Chicago Public Librarys 21st Century Award and the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award He lives in ConnecticutProduct DescriptionThe New York Times bestselling author of Monsters The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football knocks it out of the park Vanity Fair in this captivating blend of sports reportage and memoir exploring the history of the 2016 World Series champions the Chicago CubsWhen Rich Cohen was eight years old his father took him to see a Cubs game On the way out of the park his father asked him to make a promise Promise me you will never be a Cubs fan The Cubs do not win he explained and because of that a Cubs fan will have a diminished life determined by low expectations That team will screw up your lifeCohen became not just a Cubs fan but one of the biggest Cubs fans in the world In this book he captures the story of the team its players and crazy days Billy Sunday and Ernie Banks Three Finger Brown and Ryne Sandberg Bill Buckner the Bartman Ball Kris Bryant Anthony Rizzothe early dominance followed by a 107 year trek across the wilderness Its all here in The Chicago Cubs Story of a Cursenot just what happened but what it felt like and what it meantFeaturing extensive interviews with players owners and coaches this mix of memoir reporting history and baseball theologyforty years in the makinghas never been written because it never could be Only with the 2016 World Series can the true arc of the story finally be understoodReviewPlenty enough illumination to wow casual baseball fans and engage even the hardestcore Cubs fan that longawaited World Series win was undoubtedly a gift and Cohen did with it what the best writers do He turned it into something lastingJosh Noel Chicago TribuneThe best sports book of 2017J Kemper Campbell Lincoln Journal StarThere is already a succession of books on the Chicago Cubs historic 2016 World Series championship but Cohens might be the best since its both a deeply satisfying historical account of that colorful franchise and a compelling alltoopainful personal narrative of one longtime besotted Cubs fan Booklist starred reviewCohen rehearses in swift entertaining fashion the genesis of the team and its glory years there were many early on and long decades of mediocrity His many personal stories strung like holiday lights throughout the narrative illuminate a fans frangible heart that annually repaired itselfKirkus. Codice articolo BKZN9781250192783
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Descrizione libro Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse 0.55. Book. Codice articolo BBS-9781250192783
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