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Nice Tuesday
Pat Jordan
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Description for Nice Tuesday
Paperback. Chronicles the author's decision to reclaim the failed potential of his youth. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
In A Nice Tuesday, Pat Jordan chronicles his decision to reclaim the failed potential of his youth. A young baseball pitcher of inordinate promise, Jordan had been one of the Milwaukee Braves first “bonus babies.” His struggle through the minor leagues and ultimate failure to play in the majors, eloquently chronicled in A False Spring, defined his youth. At fifty-six, Jordan realizes that “this trivial thing” has also defined his life and decides to make a comeback. He whips himself back into playing condition and convinces an independent minor-league team, the Waterbury (Connecticut) Spirit, to let him return to the ... Read more
In A Nice Tuesday, Pat Jordan chronicles his decision to reclaim the failed potential of his youth. A young baseball pitcher of inordinate promise, Jordan had been one of the Milwaukee Braves first “bonus babies.” His struggle through the minor leagues and ultimate failure to play in the majors, eloquently chronicled in A False Spring, defined his youth. At fifty-six, Jordan realizes that “this trivial thing” has also defined his life and decides to make a comeback. He whips himself back into playing condition and convinces an independent minor-league team, the Waterbury (Connecticut) Spirit, to let him return to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Number of Pages
342
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803276253
SKU
V9780803276253
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Ref
99-15
About Pat Jordan
Pat Jordan is the author of numerous books, including the memoir A False Spring, also available in a Bison Books edition. He is a regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine, among other periodicals, and his work has been included in Best American Sports Writing, Best American Mystery Stories, Best American Essays, and the Norton Anthology of World Literature. ... Read more
Reviews for Nice Tuesday
"Pat Jordan, the author of my favorite baseball book, A False Spring, has written the ultimate comeback story—a failed ballplayer and father reconstitutes himself as a loving husband and a helluva writer. Funny, sweet, and painfully honest, Jordan writes like he’s been injected with truth serum. A Nice Tuesday reads like an unauthorized autobiography. Jordan, the big league writer, will ... Read more