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Book cover image of Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella

Authors: W. P. Kinsella, John Radziewicz
ISBN-13: 9780395957738, ISBN-10: 0395957737
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: April 1999
Edition: None

Author Biography: W. P. Kinsella

W. P. Kinsella is the author of numerous works of fiction, including the best-selling Shoeless Joe, for which he won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship, as well as eleven highly acclaimed short story collections. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Book Synopsis

He went to Canada in the 1960's to avoid the draft. Now, back in the USA, he has a vision: build a ballpark in an Iowa cornfield "if you build it they will come." Two who do are the tragic ballplayer, Joe Jackson and the lead's father. This affecting novel was the basis of the FIELD OF DREAMS, Kevin Costner's landmark 1980's film.

I.	Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa	1
II.	They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964	21
III.	The Life and Times of Moonlight Graham	103
IV.	The Oldest Living Chicago Cub	155
V.	The Rapture of J. D. Salinger	257