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Box Socials
by W.P. Kinsella
ISBN: 0345382536
ISBN-13: 9780345382535
Format: Paperback
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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.
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"...[W]hen he teases baseball, using it as a wonderfully subtle excuse to write about something less, then we really appreciate the potency of the symbol....I can't remember when a book of this genre made me laugh so much, but 'Box Socials' contains little about baseball, except as a device linking Kinsella's accounts of life, love, and gossip in hamlets literally off the map....[A]n affectionate, but never sentimentalized portrait of life in a rough hinterland." -- Stephen Jay Gould
-- New York Review of Books
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published date: 1993
Size: 5.25 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.4 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Here's the story of how Truckbox Al McClintock, a small-town greaser whose claim to fame was hitting a baseball clean across the Pembina River, almost got a tryout with the genuine St. Louis Cardinals -- but instead ended up batting against Bob Feller of Cleveland Indian Fame in Renfrew Park, Edmonton, Alberta.
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Box Socials
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Ballantine Books. Used - Good. Published: 1993. Softcover. Dust jacket: Good. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. ( more information) Offered by Experienced Books LLC (United States)
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A used copy. Pages are somewhat worn. Cover worn with creases. Edges and corners slightly worn. Binding solid and tight. ( more information) Offered by Once Sold Tales (United States)
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Ballantine Books. Used - Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Wonder Book (United States)
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Ballantine Books, 1993-03-02. Paperback. Good. Good = used book that shows signs of cover, page, and/or edge wear; ( more information) Offered by Brighten Your Future (United States)
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1993 USED - Standard. Book has only minor reading wear; binding is square and tight; text is clean and unmarked. BOOKSMART offers free domestic shipping (media mail) on orders of three or more books. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Booksmart (United States)
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New York: Ballantine Books, 1993. Third PB Printing of a 1991 Copyright. Lightly rubbed, Near Fine Condition, in wraps. Octavo sized PB. "A whimsical portrait of 1940s-era small-town life,..." and Truckbox Al McClintock. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Prosper Poorman, Bookseller (United States)
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Trade Paperback. Ballantine 1993. All books in VG or better condition. ( more information) Offered by Sixth Chamber Used Books (United States)
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BOX SOCIALS
KINSELLA, W.P
BALLANTINE BOOKS, N.Y, 1/7/2008. VERY GOOD. 1993 FIRST TRADE PAPERBACK SIGNED BY AUTHOR. SOFT COVER BOOK WITH 225 PAGES. ISBN;0-345-38253-6 ( more information) Offered by Hardcovers @ Old and Rare Inc. (United States)
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Ballantine. Near Fine. 1993. First Trade. Trade Paperback. 0-345-38253-6 Nice and clean, and funny! The story of Truckbox Al McClintock, a small time greaser, who knocked a couple of baseballs across a river and finally got a tryout with an all star team, and faced Bob Feller, and the story is what happened in between...and it's hilarious! (My wife loved it, and I use her quite a bit for book reviews...) . ( more information) Offered by That's a Wrap! (United States)
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BOX SOCIALS: A NOVEL
Kinsella, W. P
New York: Ballantine Books [1993], 1993. First Ballantine Books Trade Paperback Edition. This copy has been inscribed and signed ["Bill Kinsella"] by the author on the title page. 225 pages. Spine cocked else Near Fine copy [cheap text paper just starting to tan].. Signed. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Other Worlds Bookstore (United States)
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Ballantine NY, 1993. 1st Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by FAB BOOKS (United States)
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New York Ballintine 1992.. Fine in wraps. Advanced reading copy. 1st edition.. F. Soft cover. ( more information) Offered by Black Dog Books (United States)
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Ballantine Books, 1993-03-02. Paperback. New. Brand New. In Stock. Order Now. Ship from CA, IN, PA, OR, TN and FL. Over 600,000 CD/DVD, Books and bibles. Free tracking with every order. ( more information) Offered by *** www.HarvardBooksellers.com *** (United States)
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New York Ballantine 1992.. Fine in wraps. Advanced Reading Copy. 1st edition.. F. Soft cover. ( more information) Offered by Black Dog Books (United States)
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