Man on spikes
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Bibliographic Information
Man on spikes
（Writing baseball, . The Southern Illinois University Press Series）
Southern Illinois University Press, c1998
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Available at 3 libraries
Note
First published 1955 by McGraw-Hill Book Company
Description and Table of Contents
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:paper ISBN 9780809321902
Description
Originally published in 1955, this is a novel about a baseball player who struggles through 16 years of personal crises and professional ordeals before finally appearing in a major-league game. In the preface to this edition, Asinof reveals the identity of the friend upon which the novel is based.
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:cloth ISBN 9780809322008
Description
Selected as one of baseball literature's Golden Dozen by Roger Kahn, Man on Spikes is an uncompromisingly realistic novel about a baseball player who struggles through sixteen years of personal crises and professional ordeals before finally appearing in a major league game. In a preface to this new edition, Eliot Asinof reveals the longsuffering ballplayer and friend upon which the novel is based.
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