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"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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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Historical fiction

• Full title: Celebrant
• Subtitle: A Novel
• Author: Eric Rolfe Greenberg
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9780803270374
• ISBN: 0803270372
• ID: 04924020
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Weight: 363 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 1993

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