A biography of "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, one of America's greatest baseball players, examines his part in the 1919 World Series and the Chicago "Black Sox" scandal that ended his professional baseball career
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I am pleased many reviewers feel so favorably to my book.
The range of reviews for SHOELESS JOE AND RAGTIME BASEBALL COVERS THE GAMUT:
Larry King: "An extraordinary publication. Terrific read. What a book."
Village Voice ""Fresh perspectives. Deserves a place on your shelf right next to Eight men Out."
Dallas Morning News - "Absolutely essential reading. Enlightening text. A vivid biography."
Long Island Cable TV - "Compulsive reading,texture and controversy."
F. Lee Bailey - "A great book about a great injustice. Houston Post - "New insight into baseball's greatest disgrace."
Cleveland Plain Dealer - "Quite profound analysis."
Inside Sports - "A fascinating and educational book."
Harvey Frommer is the celebrated author of more than forty-two sports books, including Remembering Yankee Stadium, Remembering Fenway Park, and A Yankee Century. Frommer is a professor in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program at Dartmouth College. He lives in Lyme, New Hampshire.
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