The Celebrant: A Novel

Greenberg, Eric Rolfe

ISBN 10: 0803270372 / ISBN 13: 9780803270374

Editore: BISON BOOKS, 1993

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<div>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.</div> &#160; <div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/The-Celebrant/dp/B00P32H8HS/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=celebrant+greenberg&#38;qid=1582298349&#38;s=audible&#38;sr=1-1" target="blank"><b>Purchase the audio edition.</b></a></div>

Product Description: "In this fictionalization of the life and times of New York Giants pitching star, Christy Mathewson, the author has written a richly detailed narrative." - "Library Journal". "The reconstructed accounts of Mathewson's most famous games reflect painstaking research and a colorful imagination." - "Booklist". "Greenberg splendidly evokes the essence of turn-of-the-century America by deftly mixing fact and fiction in the tradition of Ragtime." - "Kansas City Star". "A captivating novel." - "People". 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.

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Titolo: The Celebrant: A Novel
Casa editrice: BISON BOOKS
Data di pubblicazione: 1993
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good