Book summary

During the Great Depression, life in Alberta, Canada, is both grim and exhilarating. Narrated by a young baseball-mad boy--Jamie O'Day, the son of "downwardly mobile hillbillies"--this is the story of how Truckbox Al McClintock nearly tried out with the St. Louis Cardinals but instead wound up batting against Cleveland Indian pitcher Bob Feller, and facing a moment of truth at the plate.