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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Cleveland Indian: The Legend of King Saturday (1992)di Luke Salisbury
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Luke Salisbury's The Cleveland Indian: The Legend of King Saturday is an overlooked little gem in the genre of baseball fiction. Drawing heavily on the brief but colorful history of the National League's Cleveland Spiders during the 1890's, the novel centers around the boozing, brawling, gambling, larger-than-life King Saturday, a Penobscot Native American laden with immense talent, drawn to shady dealings, and ever at odds with a host of enemies. The character was inspired by Louis Sockalexis who indeed played a few seasons with the Spiders but was nowhere near the outsized personality created by Salisbury. The author effectively captures the atmosphere of the latter days of the Gilded Age, and the omnipresent vices beneath its shiny veneer. While this is an entertaining read, the novel does have its flaws. The plot meanders a bit, and the love triangles don't quite ring true. But the rich sepia-toned baseball flavor that runs throughout the book makes the book a solid success. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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It's the end of the 19th century and the basepaths are alive with legendary players such as John McGraw and Honus Wagner. Cy Young is on the mound and King Saturday (the Cleveland Indian) is at bat. The kranks, or fans, are rooting for action. The Cleveland Indian brings to life the bawdy, often sinister, final days of the Gay Nineties. Against this panorama, the author fields an authentic 1897 Cleveland Spiders lineup, a team as colorful as its era. King Saturday, modeled on real-life baseball legend Sockalexis, the Indian outfielder who gave the Cleveland ball club its name, is a con man, a drunk, a brawler, a hero, a schemer, a murderer, and possessor of the most talent any baseball man ever saw. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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