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Loading... All The Stars Came Out That Night (edition 2005)by Kevin King
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Disappointment. Could have been a good story, but the sexual content was unnecessary. ( ) The premise is that a team of All Stars from the Negro Leagues led by Satchell Paige & Josh Gibson challenge a Major League All Star Team led by Dizzy Dean in 1934. The author throws in every historical figure from the 1930s that he can work in, from Henry Ford to Carole Lombard to Clarence Darrow. This would probably annoy some readers, but I found it amusing. The author, a poet (this is his first novel) has a poet's gift for language and an obvious love for baseball that makes the book a joy to read for a baseball fan. no reviews | add a review
Kevin King’s debut novel, All the Stars Came Out That Night, is a vivid portrait of Depression-era America written in a voice at once humorous and poetic. Set at Boston’s Fenway Park on October 20, 1943, All the Stars Came Out That Night imagines a late-night baseball game bankrolled by Henry Ford, pitting Dizzy Dean’s all-white all-stars against Satchel Paige’s black all-stars. Not a contest waged for money or trophies, the outcome of this game carries with it both the weight of a historic injustice—the barring of blacks from baseball—and the promise of vindication and redemption. Steeped in baseball lore and featuring an array of iconic American figures—from Babe Ruth to Clarence Darrow—All the Stars Came Out That Nightfar transcends the sport of baseball, creating a tale that is mythic, captivating, and above all, quintessentially American. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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