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Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams: A Library of America Special Publication
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ISBN10: 1598530712
ISBN13: 9781598530711
Publisher: Library of America
Published: Apr 29 2010
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.43 Width: 5.60 Depth: 7.62
Language: English
Awards: IndieFab awards
ISBN13: 9781598530711
Publisher: Library of America
Published: Apr 29 2010
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.43 Width: 5.60 Depth: 7.62
Language: English
Awards: IndieFab awards
On September 28, 1960--a day that will live forever in the hearts of fans--Red Sox slugger Ted Williams stepped up to the plate for his last at-bat in Fenway Park. Seizing the occasion, he belted a solo home run--a storybook ending to a storied career. In the stands that afternoon was twenty-eight-year-old John Updike, inspired by the moment to make his lone venture into the field of sports reporting. More than just a matchless account of that fabled final game, Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu is a brilliant evocation of Williams' entire tumultuous life in baseball. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of the dramatic exit of baseball's greatest hitter, The Library of America presents a commemorative edition of Hub Fans, prepared by the author just months before his death. To the classic final version of the essay, long out-of-print, Updike added an autobiographical preface and a substantial new afterword.
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