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Review of The Last At-Bat of Shoeless Joe

Burgess, Granville Wyche. The Last At-Bat of Shoeless Joe: A Novel. New York, NY: Chickadee Prince Books, 2019. Pp. 252. $12.99 trade paperback. Reviewed by Gavin J. Woltjer This fall will mark the 100-year anniversary of the notorious Black Sox scandal, arguably the worst scandal in the history of US professional sports. Fallout from the…

18 May 2019 in book review, Gavin J. Woltjer, Uncategorized.

Review of Remembering the Stars of the NFL Glory Years

Stewart. Wayne. Remembering the Stars of the NFL Glory Years: An Inside Look at the Golden Age of Football. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2017. Pp. 222. Introduction. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $38.00 hardcover. Reviewed by Gavin J. Woltjer We have all partaken in some version of the following conversation: Player X was the…

13 January 2018 in book review, Gavin J. Woltjer.

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