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SIGNED Kostya Kennedy - Pete Rose: An American Dilemma (HC, 2014) EX, Rare
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βBook is EX, minimal dust jacket wear. Signed by author on title page to Ted E.β
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A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
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eBay item number:204354321698
Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- βBook is EX, minimal dust jacket wear. Signed by author on title page to Ted E.β
- Signed
- Yes
- Book Series
- n/a
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Inscribed
- Yes
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- History
- Personalized
- Yes
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781618930965
- EAN
- 9781618930965
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Texas Instruments Inc. Books
ISBN-10
1618930966
ISBN-13
9781618930965
eBay Product ID (ePID)
168278337
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pete Rose : an American Dilemma
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Topic
Baseball / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
24.4 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-949234
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"This is a wonderful, clearly written book about a dark and complicated tragedy that continues to beset the purity of our national pastime. The whole story is here: the deeply talented, passionate ball player, 'Charlie Hustle,' and the deeply morally challenged hustler who bestrides essential questions about our national game." --Ken Burns, "Even readers who know who Mr. Rose is will learn much from...this book's stacked roster of interviews and anecdotes [and] fascinating and well-chosen tangents....Kennedy covers the [Big Red Machine] period expertly." --Craig Fehrman, The Wall Street Journal "Will absorb you immediately...a fascinating study of one of America's most enduringly fascinating athletes. Masterful." --Mike Vaccaro, New York Post "An exceptionally well-written book that lays out both sides of what remains a highly-charged issue." --Paul Hagen, MLB.com "Kennedy takes that familiar story and delves deeper, presenting an artful portrait....With writing of such quality and a subject of such complexity, it deserves to be read by anyone who appreciates good biography." -- John C. Williams, BookPage "Kennedy's book on the tarnished and enigmatic Rose is exceptional. Like the best writing about sport--Liebling, Angell--it qualifies as stirring literature. I'd read Kennedy no matter what he writes about." --Richard Ford "Kostya Kennedy has given us the real Pete Rose at last. Perhaps Pete does not deserve him, but baseball fans and readers who appreciate superb and subtle writing will be grateful." --David Maraniss "This is a wonderful, clearly written book about a dark and complicated tragedy that continues to beset the purity of our national pastime. The whole story is here: the deeply talented, passionate ball player, 'Charlie Hustle,' and the deeply morally challenged hustler who bestrides essential questions about our national game." --Ken Burns "Pete Rose is too rich a character to fit on a bronze plaque. He requires a good, trenchant, poignant (ah, Petey) book, and this is it." --Roy Blount Jr. "Better than any previous account. Kennedy leaves no doubt about Rose's greatness as a player or his guilt as a gambler." --Allen Barra, The Boston Globe "A remarkable book about a fascinating, vexing figure." -- Kirkus (starred review) "Kennedy's ambitious account is an anecdote-rich read." -- Publishers Weekly, "Kostya Kennedy has given us the real Pete Rose at last. Perhaps Pete does not deserve him, but baseball fans and readers who appreciate superb and subtle writing will be grateful." --David Maraniss, "Kennedy's book on the tarnished and enigmatic Rose is exceptional. Like the best writing about sport--Liebling, Angell--it qualifies as stirring literature. I'd read Kennedy no matter what he writes about." --Richard Ford, "Kostya Kennedy has given us the real Pete Rose at last. Perhaps Pete does not deserve him, but baseball fans and readers who appreciate superb and subtle writing will be grateful." --David Maraniss, author of Clemente, "Pete Rose is too rich a character to fit on a bronze plaque. He requires a good, trenchant, poignant (ah, Petey) book, and this is it." --Roy Blount Jr.
Grade From
Ninth Grade
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
796.357092 B
Synopsis
Kennedy's book on the tarnished and enigmatic Rose is exceptional. Like the best writing about sport--Liebling, Angell--it qualifies as stirring literature. I'd read Kennedy no matter what he writes about. --Richard Ford Pete Rose played baseball with a singular and headfirst abandon that endeared him to fans and peers, even as it riled others--a figure at once magnetic, beloved and polarizing. Rose has more base hits than anyone in history, yet he is not in the Hall of Fame. Twenty-five years ago he was banished from baseball for gambling, then ruled ineligible for Cooperstown; today, the question Does Pete Rose belong in the Hall of Fame? has evolved into perhaps the most provocative in sports, a layered, slippery and ever-relevant moral conundrum. How do we evaluate the Hit King now, at a time when steroid cheats appear on the Hall of Fame ballot even as Rose is denied? What do we make of this happily unrepentant gambler, this shameless but beguiling showman whose postbaseball journey has led him to a curious reality show and to the streets of Cooperstown to hawk his signature, his story, himself? Best-selling author Kostya Kennedy delivers an evocative answer in his fascinating re-examination of Pete Rose's life; from his cocky and charismatic early years through his storied playing career to his bitter war against baseball's hierarchy to the man we find today--still incorrigible, still adored by many. Where has his improbable saga landed him in the redefined, post-steroid world? Do we feel any differently about Pete Rose today? Should we?, "Kennedy's book on the tarnished and enigmatic Rose is exceptional. Like the best writing about sport--Liebling, Angell--it qualifies as stirring literature. I'd read Kennedy no matter what he writes about." --Richard Ford Pete Rose played baseball with a singular and headfirst abandon that endeared him to fans and peers, even as it riled others--a figure at once magnetic, beloved and polarizing. Rose has more base hits than anyone in history, yet he is not in the Hall of Fame. Twenty-five years ago he was banished from baseball for gambling, then ruled ineligible for Cooperstown; today, the question "Does Pete Rose belong in the Hall of Fame?" has evolved into perhaps the most provocative in sports, a layered, slippery and ever-relevant moral conundrum. How do we evaluate the Hit King now, at a time when steroid cheats appear on the Hall of Fame ballot even as Rose is denied? What do we make of this happily unrepentant gambler, this shameless but beguiling showman whose postbaseball journey has led him to a curious reality show and to the streets of Cooperstown to hawk his signature, his story, himself? Best-selling author Kostya Kennedy delivers an evocative answer in his fascinating re-examination of Pete Rose's life; from his cocky and charismatic early years through his storied playing career to his bitter war against baseball's hierarchy to the man we find today--still incorrigible, still adored by many. Where has his improbable saga landed him in the redefined, post-steroid world? Do we feel any differently about Pete Rose today? Should we?
LC Classification Number
GV865.R65K46 2014
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- r***r (552)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseExcellent service!! Arrived before expected and in perfect condition, as described. Securely packaged, the best price on all WWW and a most valuable item to add in my collection. Warm and kind seller, always alert for anything I might need. And, I might say, a very nice detail on the Thank You note. Hope to do business with you again in the future to contribute to your welfare. Thanks for everything, my kind friend. Be well. :)
- r***t (1530)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseSuper Fast Shipping, Superb Packaging, Just as Described, Great Value, Quality of Packaging THANKS πππ I asked the seller to ship records outside of album covers so not to cause damage. I want to personally say thank you as I received record and album covers just as described and pictured. When you pay good money for an item, the customer expects what was described, so THANK YOUππππππππMark Lowry - I'm the Least in the Kingdom (LP, 1970) EX, EX, Tested, Gospel (#204798958178)
- t***o (154)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseExactly as described. Good packaging too. And at a good price. Shipped quickly. Too bad usps sucks, and made it arrive late, but I donβt blame the seller for that. Great communication. Love Finger ElevenTip by Finger Eleven (CD, 1998) Brand New, Sealed, Canada, Reissue (#205545516161)