Allen Abel (147 results)

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. "This could be a great work of fiction. The damndest thing is it's all fact.' - Michael Farber, Sports Illustrated It was a time of Prohibition, jazz, and gangland murder, and it was baseball's age of magic, when even Hall of Fame players believed that rubbing the hump of a hunchback guaranteed a hit. Broken and deformed by a childhood fall from a seesaw, Hughie McLoon never grew taller than forty-nine inches but he made himself one of the lucky ones. He was chosen as the batboy and mascot of the Philadelphia Athletics. Although the team finished last in each of the three seasons that the A's rubbed his hump and Hughie tended their bats, he became a local celebrity. He loved the crowds and they loved him back. Graduating from batboy to boxing manager, and running his own speakeasy while serving as a secret agent for the Chief of Police, Hughie was the toast of Philly until one summer night in 1928 he was caught in a murderous crossfire outside his tavern. Twenty-six years old, he bled to death on Cuthbert Street. The next day, 15,000 admirers lined up to see his four-foot corpse. The age of magic was now over. The Short Life of Hughie McLoon is Allen Abel's haunting and stylish biography of the most remarkable and beloved of the baseball mascots, and a new chapter in the complicated mythology of the American dream.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. "This could be a great work of fiction. The damndest thing is it's all fact.' - Michael Farber, Sports Illustrated It was a time of Prohibition, jazz, and gangland murder, and it was baseball's age of magic, when even Hall of Fame players believed that rubbing the hump of a hunchback guaranteed a hit. Broken and deformed by a childhood fall from a seesaw, Hughie McLoon never grew taller than forty-nine inches but he made himself one of the lucky ones. He was chosen as the batboy and mascot of the Philadelphia Athletics. Although the team finished last in each of the three seasons that the A's rubbed his hump and Hughie tended their bats, he became a local celebrity. He loved the crowds and they loved him back. Graduating from batboy to boxing manager, and running his own speakeasy while serving as a secret agent for the Chief of Police, Hughie was the toast of Philly until one summer night in 1928 he was caught in a murderous crossfire outside his tavern. Twenty-six years old, he bled to death on Cuthbert Street. The next day, 15,000 admirers lined up to see his four-foot corpse. The age of magic was now over. The Short Life of Hughie McLoon is Allen Abel's haunting and stylish biography of the most remarkable and beloved of the baseball mascots, and a new chapter in the complicated mythology of the American dream.…

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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 10 pieces of writing including a novella, novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are: Earth III by Stephen Baxter (novella), The Emperor of Mars by Allen M Steele (novelette), Petopia by Benjamin Crowell (short story), Monkey Do by Kit Reed (short story), The Peacock Cloak by Chris Beckett (short story), Voyage to the Moon by Peter Friend (short story), Dreadnought Neptune by Anna Tambour (short story), Human Potential by Geoffrey A Landis (poetry), Crushed by Susan Abel Sullivan (poetry), Of Lycanthropy and Lilacs by Sandra Lindow (poetry). In Fine Condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Printing. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 368 pages.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Canadian Edition. Dust jacket price clipped.

Hardback. Condition: New.

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