The Saga of Sudden Sam: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Sam McDowell
by Sam McDowell
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1538156415
- ISBN 13
- 9781538156414
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
$15.00$10.50
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2022 Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, MD. 2022. Hardcover. Edition/Printing is not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. DJ: As New; NOT Price Clipped. Blue boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 171 pp 8vo. Signed to a professional baseball contract out of high school in 1960 he was projected to be the next Sandy Koufax, but instead, unable to handle the pressure of stardom with the Cleveland Indians, the worst drunk in baseball with the fastest arm in major league baseball. After hitting rock bottom n 1980, he launched his recovery and studies psychology, sports psychology, and counseling becoming an addiction, employee assistance program, and career enhancement counselor for Major League Baseball for more than forty years. A clean very presentable copy read once by me.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015211
- Title
- The Saga of Sudden Sam: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Sam McDowell
- Author
- Sam McDowell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1538156415
- ISBN 13
- 9781538156414
- Publisher
- Rowman and Littlefield
- Place of Publication
- Lanham, MD
- Date Published
- 2022
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- baseball, Sam McDowell, alcoholism, addiction, suicide, major league baseball, Cleveland Indians, counselor, addiction counselor, psychology, sports psychology, rehabilitation, depression,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball; Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....