Ashes Regained: The Coach's Story - Softcover

Fletcher

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9781416552628: Ashes Regained: The Coach's Story

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1416552626 ISBN 13: 9781416552628

Publisher: Pocket Books, 2006

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Ashes Regained: The Coach's Story [Paperback] by Fletcher, Duncan

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"Rasenberger's research is voluminous and he is a master storyteller."-- "Chicago Sun-Times" "A grand and inspiring panoply." --"Newsweek" "Jim Rasenberger has found the perfect aperture through which to view the explosion of modernity. 1908 was indeed a big bang of a year, a year full of hope and promise but also one which presented our world with a Pandora's box of unforeseen perils. Readers will love -- and historians will envy -- the graceful simplicity of Rasenberger's singular prism. America, 1908 effortlessly transports us back to the future, to a distant time and place that seems oddly familiar." --Hampton Sides, author of "Blood and Thunder" and "Ghost Soldiers" "This is a wonderful surprise of a book -- a time machine back to the year when the American Century got going full tilt. Jim Rasenberger writes in a voice as winning as Theodore Roosevelt's smile and pilots his machine with a sure-handedness that would have impressed the Wright brothers. When you finish America, 1908, you will swear you were there." --Patricia O'Toole, author of "When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House" "An exhilarating panorama of the United States as it was a century ago. The cast of characters here, from Teddy Roosevelt to Fred Merkle (the luckless batter whose mistake lost the New York Giants a still-legendary pennant race), is unforgettable. And the America that shows itself in this masterful narrative constantly reveals links to America today." --Mark Caldwell, author of "New York Night: The Mystique and Its History" "America 1908 is an intricate time machine with moving parts that mesh like a fine old gold watch, transporting the reader to a time extraordinarily like and yet unlike our own. Rasenberger, a master of detail, gives us a superb rendition of an important and fascinating American moment." --James Tobin, author of "To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight"

Synopsis:

The 2005 Ashes series was the most eagerly anticipated for decades. Not since 1989 had the famous urn left the hands of the all-conquering Australians, and with England in the ascendant after a string of Test successes, hopes were high that the balance of power in world cricket would at last shift. The series did not disappoint. From the rip-roaring first day at Lord's, with seventeen wickets falling, it was clear we were in for something special. Although the visitors went on to win that match England bounced back with a spectacular win at Edgbaston, and further nailbiting finishes followed at Old Trafford, Trent Bridge and The Oval. In this sparkling account of an amazing summer, England's coach Duncan Fletcher reveals the strategies, the stresses and successes of one of the greatest series in the history of the game.

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