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The Fifth Season: Tales of My Life in Baseball
Author(s): Donald Honing (Author)
- Publisher: Ivan R. Dee (UK)
- Publication Date: 16 Feb. 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 296 pages
- ISBN-10: 1566638100
- ISBN-13: 9781566638104
Book Description
If you were much of a boy growing up in the Maspeth section of Queens in the late 1930s and 1940s, you had the baseball fever. It seemed contagious, but it struck mostly from within. . . . Often, in later years, when I was writing a long series of books on the game, some well-intended philistine would ask to have explained to him the fascination with baseball. I offered my stock answer: If you have to ask the question, youll never understand the answer. With this small confession Donald Honig begins his charming memoir of a life devoted to the charms of baseball, including the many great figures of the game he has known in the past half-century.
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Review
He relates some of the best stories behind the interviews he conducted….Baseball fans-and aspiring writers-will find much of value here.
About the Author
Donald Honig has written a number of novels but is best known for his books about baseball, including The Image of Their Greatness, Baseball When the Grass Was Real, and 100 Greatest Players. He lives in Cromwell, Connecticut.
