Farewell To Giants

Download Farewell To Giants full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Farewell To Giants ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Mary Shelley: The Complete Novels (The Giants of Literature - Book 27)

Author : Mary Shelley
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2673 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Mary Shelley: The Complete Novels (The Giants of Literature - Book 27) by : Mary Shelley

Download or read book Mary Shelley: The Complete Novels (The Giants of Literature - Book 27) written by Mary Shelley and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-25 with total page 2673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E-artnow presents to you the greatest novels by one of the greatest novelists of English literature: Frankenstein (Original Edition, 1818) Frankenstein (Revised Edition, 1831) The Last Man Valperga The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck Lodore Falkner This edition includes additionally the biography of the author - "The Life & Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley" by Florence Ashton Marshall Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary Shelley's works often argue that cooperation and sympathy, particularly as practiced by women in the family, were the ways to reform civil society. This view was a direct challenge to the individualistic Romantic ethos promoted by Percy Shelley and Enlightenment political theories.

Farewell to Flatbush

Author : Ronnie Joyner
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476686785
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Farewell to Flatbush by : Ronnie Joyner

Download or read book Farewell to Flatbush written by Ronnie Joyner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-05-11 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers were past their prime but still boasted a powerful roster with iconic names like Pee Wee Reese, Gil Hodges, Carl Furillo, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Don Newcombe, Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. They did not achieve greatness--they finished third in the National League--but did achieve legendary status as the last of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and marked the end of a fantastic era of baseball, when the New York Yankees, the New York Giants, and the Dodgers were the epicenter of the game's Golden Age. Baseball would never be quite the same. Documenting the fabled team's final season in New York, this book focuses on the games, the player's stories and the down-to-the-wire struggle by Brooklynites and politicians to keep the club from relocating to Los Angeles in 1958. Detailed biographies of each player and coach, and manager Walter Alston are included.

Farewell to Giants

Author : Corey Toomey
Publisher : Athena's Dream Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (851 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Farewell to Giants by : Corey Toomey

Download or read book Farewell to Giants written by Corey Toomey and published by Athena's Dream Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over forty poems and lyrics, Corey Toomey explores the complex themes of loss and abandonment with his collection Farewell to Giants. Highlights include the opening Treasure Girl, the epic Athena's Dream, and the climactic title poem.

A Farewell to Heroes

Author : Frank Graham
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809324910
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (249 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Farewell to Heroes by : Frank Graham

Download or read book A Farewell to Heroes written by Frank Graham and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1981 and long out of print, this dual autobiography covers five unforgettable decades of the New York sporting life from 1915 to 1965. Told initially from the point of view of Frank Graham, premier sportswriter for The New York Sun, A Farewell to Heroes also includes the chronicles of Frank, Jr., who picks up the narrative as he becomes a sports journalist in his own right. Frank Graham, Sr., was a self-taught writer known for his uncanny ability to capture the high drama of a game-winning play or the color of a fight mob's conversation in spare, straightforward prose. As a reporter, he covered the rough-and-tumble Giants of John McGraw's day and continued through boxing's greatest era, spanning the reigns of Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis. As the younger Frank tells more of the story, we watch Lou Gehrig take Babe Ruth's place as the Yankees' star and then trace his glorious career to its tragic conclusion. We see firsthand the legendary Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson and boxing's brief but golden age on television in the 1950s. Aided by sixteen photographs and preserving the most masterful of his father's writing while adding to it the best of his own, Frank Graham, Jr., has given the sports fan A Farewell to Heroes, perhaps the ultimate sports reminiscence of a time when the romance of sport gave life a golden hue, when heroes still roamed the earth. -In what he calls this 'kind of dual autobiography, ' he is his father's son, having learned to look and listen as his father did and still go his own way, - says W. C. Heinz, longtime sportswriter for The New York Sun, in his new foreword to this paperback edition.

Farewell Giants Stadium

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781597252485
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (524 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Farewell Giants Stadium by :

Download or read book Farewell Giants Stadium written by and published by . This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Farewell Mountain

Author : J.R. Roberts
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
ISBN 13 : 1645400530
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (454 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Farewell Mountain by : J.R. Roberts

Download or read book Farewell Mountain written by J.R. Roberts and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STROKE OF BAD LUCK Winning just isn't in Clint Adams's cards when he's forced to fold in a high-stakes poker game. But he's more concerned about the well-being of Jebediah Cobbler, who hit the jackpot—including the deed to a mining claim on Farewell Mountain—and earned the enmity of some sore losers. Now, Jeb's gone missing—and so has the gambler who originally owned the claim—leaving the Gunsmith no choice but to track them both through the infamous mountain range, reputed to be haunted by the souls of those who trekked there and never returned...

Farewell to the Last Golden Era

Author : Bill Morales
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078648568X
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Farewell to the Last Golden Era by : Bill Morales

Download or read book Farewell to the Last Golden Era written by Bill Morales and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-08-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1960, Major League Baseball reached a crossroads in its history. Facing a challenge from the Continental Baseball League, the owners of the original 16 major league teams elected to admit new clubs. This in-depth look at that pivotal season--the last played with only the original 16 teams--follows the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates on their march to the 1960 World Series. The trials and triumphs of these two teams reflect the changes, large and small, that came to define the sport in the following decades--surnames on the backs of the uniforms, exploding scoreboards, the increasing impact of international players, and foremost of all, expansion. Marking the end of the "Golden Age" of baseball and the beginning of the ascendancy of professional football as the national pastime, this historic season witnessed the intersection of the past and future of American professional sports.

Gil Hodges

Author : Tom Clavin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101593059
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Gil Hodges by : Tom Clavin

Download or read book Gil Hodges written by Tom Clavin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A legend during the Golden Era of the 1950s, Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player and New York Mets manager Gil Hodges is at the center of this masterful sports biography, which delves into the life, achievements, and sterling character of one of baseball’s most overlooked stars. Gil Hodges was the Brooklyn Dodgers’ powerful first baseman who, alongside Jackie Robinson, helped drive his team to six pennants and a thrilling World Series victory in 1955. Dutifully following the Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1958, Hodges longed to return to New York City, and in 1962, joined the original Mets. He took over the manager’s spot on their bench in 1968 and transformed the team from a joke to World Champions in 1969—thus creating the Miracle Mets. Yet behind his stoic demeanor lay a man prone to anxiety and scarred by combat during World War II. His sudden death in 1972 shocked his friends and family and left a void in the hearts of baseball fans everywhere. Acclaimed authors Tom Clavin and Danny Peary deliver a thoroughly researched and poignant view of one of baseball’s hidden treasures, shedding light on a fascinating life and career that even his most ardent fans never knew.

The Giant's Gate

Author : Sir Max Pemberton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Giant's Gate by : Sir Max Pemberton

Download or read book The Giant's Gate written by Sir Max Pemberton and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Stone of Farewell

Author : Tad Williams
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1101160780
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Stone of Farewell by : Tad Williams

Download or read book The Stone of Farewell written by Tad Williams and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2005-04-05 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times-bestselling Tad Williams’ landmark epic fantasy saga of Osten Ard begins an exciting new cycle! “One of my favorite fantasy series.” —George R. R. Martin • “Groundbreaking.” —Patrick Rothfuss • “One of the great fantasy epics of all time.” —Christopher Paolini Tad Williams introduced readers to the incredible fantasy world of Osten Ard in his internationally bestselling series Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn. The trilogy inspired a generation of modern fantasy writers, including George R.R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, and Christopher Paolini, and defined Tad Williams as one of the most important fantasy writers of our time. BOOK TWO: STONE OF FAREWELL It is a time of darkness, dread, and ultimate testing for the realm of Osten Ard, for the wild magic and terrifying minions of the undead Sithi ruler, Ineluki the Storm King, are spreading their seemingly undefeatable evil across the kingdom. With the very land blighted by the power of Ineluki’s wrath, the tattered remnants of a once-proud human army flee in search of a last sanctuary and rallying point—the Stone of Farewell, a place shrouded in mystery and ancient sorrow. An even as Prince Josua seeks to rally his scattered forces, Simon and the surviving members of the League of the Scroll are desperately struggling to discover the truth behind an almost-forgotten legend, which will take them from the fallen citadels of humans to the secret heartland of the Sithi—where near-immortals must at last decide whether to ally with the race of men in a final war against those of their own blood. After the landmark Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, the epic saga of Osten Ard continues with the brand-new novel, The Heart of What Was Lost. Then don’t miss the upcoming trilogy, The Last King of Osten Ard, beginning with The Witchwood Crown! Praise for Osten Ard: "Inspired me to write my own seven-book trilogy.... It’s one of my favorite fantasy series." —George R. R. Martin, New York Times-bestselling author of A Game of Thrones "Groundbreaking...changed how people thought of the genre, and paved the way for so much modern fantasy. Including mine." —Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times-bestselling author of The Name of the Wind "Tad Williams is a master storyteller, and the Osten Ard books are his masterpiece." —Brandon Sanderson, New York Times-bestselling author of Mistborn "Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn is one of the great fantasy epics of all time." —Christopher Paolini, New York Times-bestselling author of Eragon

Closing 'Em Down

Author : David M. Jordan
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786459891
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Closing 'Em Down by : David M. Jordan

Download or read book Closing 'Em Down written by David M. Jordan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the players make the highlight reels, for fans of Major League Baseball the actual ballparks are often the seat of affection and team loyalty. Players come and go, get traded, retire, but the parks remain for decades. This work recounts the histories of the classic parks, those that were built between 1909 and 1923, and the last games that were played in them when their teams finally moved on.

The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed.

Author : Jonathan Fraser Light
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476617449
Total Pages : 1112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed. by : Jonathan Fraser Light

Download or read book The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed. written by Jonathan Fraser Light and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-03-25 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America’s culture and psyche. Some researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement in part to the Major Leagues’ decision to integrate, and the words and phrases of the game (for example, pinch-hitter and out in left field) have become common in our everyday language. From AARON, HENRY onward, this book covers all of what might be called the cultural aspects of baseball (as opposed to the number-rich statistical information so widely available elsewhere). Biographical sketches of all Hall of Fame players, owners, executives and umpires, as well as many of the sportswriters and broadcasters who have won the Spink and Frick awards, join entries for teams, owners, commissioners and league presidents. Advertising, agents, drafts, illegal substances, minor leagues, oldest players, perfect games, retired uniform numbers, superstitions, tripleheaders, and youngest players are among the thousands of entries herein. Most entries open with a topical quote and conclude with a brief bibliography of sources for further research. The whole work is exhaustively indexed and includes 119 photographs.

No Place I Would Rather Be

Author : Joe Bonomo
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 149621529X
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis No Place I Would Rather Be by : Joe Bonomo

Download or read book No Place I Would Rather Be written by Joe Bonomo and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary New Yorker writer and editor Roger Angell is considered to be among the greatest baseball writers. He brings a fan’s love, a fiction writer’s eye, and an essayist’s sensibility to the game. No other baseball writer has a through line quite like Angell’s: born in 1920, he was an avid fan of the game by the Depression era, when he watched Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig hit home runs at Yankee Stadium. He began writing about baseball in 1962 and continued through the decades, lately blogging about baseball’s postseasons. No Place I Would Rather Be tells the story of Angell’s contribution to sportswriting, including his early short stories, pieces for the New Yorker, autobiographical essays, seven books, and the common threads that run through them. His work reflects rapidly changing mores as well as evolving forces on and off the field, reacting to a half century of cultural turmoil, shifts in trends and professional attitudes of ballplayers and executives, and a complex, discerning, and diverse audience. Baseball is both change and constancy, and Roger Angell is the preeminent essayist of that paradox. His writing encompasses fondness for the past, a sober reckoning of the present, and hope for the future of the game.

Quests

Author : Kelly Bell
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1638298653
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (382 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Quests by : Kelly Bell

Download or read book Quests written by Kelly Bell and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quests is a retelling of a fascinating series of championship NFL Football contests that have seen scores ranging from 7–0 to 73–0, dark suspicions of Underworld interference, a game played just inshore from a roiling Gulf of Mexico hurricane, featured teams with such names as the Boston Redskins, Chicago Cardinals and Cleveland Rams, played in blizzards, downpours and deserts been interrupted by a power failure featured brothers versus brothers, seen wild comebacks and wild collapses, a team that won the title it’s very first year in the league, and the birth and death of dynasties. Expect the Unexpected.

The Gentlest Giant

Author : Anna Bird Stewart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Gentlest Giant by : Anna Bird Stewart

Download or read book The Gentlest Giant written by Anna Bird Stewart and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems for children organized into five sections: The estates of make-believe, Thought land, The wonder country, Out-of-door territory, and The growing-up region.

Sir Ewain, Or, The Giant's Cave

Author : Beilby Porteus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Sir Ewain, Or, The Giant's Cave by : Beilby Porteus

Download or read book Sir Ewain, Or, The Giant's Cave written by Beilby Porteus and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wait Till Next Year

Author : Doris Kearns Goodwin
Publisher : Aurum
ISBN 13 : 1781313164
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Wait Till Next Year by : Doris Kearns Goodwin

Download or read book Wait Till Next Year written by Doris Kearns Goodwin and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When historian Goodwin was six years old, her father taught her how to keep score for ‘their’ team, the Brooklyn Dodgers, which forged a lifelong bond between father and daughter. Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year is a coming-of-age memoir in the era of Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese and Duke Snider, when baseball truly was a national pastime that brought whole communities together. With her radio by her side and scorecard to hand, she recreates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were equally divided between Dodger, Giant, and Yankee fans. Weaved between the games and the seasons, Goodwin tells the story of a changing America – from the lunacy of the Cold War alarm drills to McCarthy and the Rosenburg trials – as well as her own loss of innocence encapsulated by her mother’s death, her father’s lapse into despair and the Dodger’s departure from Brooklyn in 1957 following the destruction of the iconic Ebbets Field stadium. Poignant, unsentimental and deeply eloquent, Wait Till Next Year is a profound memoir about childhood and loss, baseball, and the power of sport to bind families and heal loss and reveal as metaphor the evolving heart of a nation.