Mickey Mantle’s Last Home Run - Couverture souple

Falco, Steven A

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1532052081 ISBN 13 : 9781532052088

Editeur : iUniverse, 2018

Synopsis

TJ and Jonathan are teen-age friends and teammates on the JV baseball team. Like many young people growing up in America in the late sixties, they have heroes. For TJ, who is white, it is Mickey Mantle, the aging star of the New York Yankees. For Jonathan, who is black, it is Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the civil rights movement. Unfortunately, 1968 is a bad year for heroes and—America. Their friendship is strained to the breaking point when Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated. Jonathan, who is devastated by the murder, blames all white people, TJ included. TJ then has to struggle through the challenges of the JV baseball season in his racially-torn town, without the support of his friend. Is there anything that can repair their broken bond? Would it take still another American tragedy?

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Steven A. Falco grew up playing baseball in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City. He majored in English at Montclair State University where he studied Steinbeck, Dylan, and Berra. Falco worked for many years in social services and continues to play ball. He is the author of Grandpa Gordy's Greatest World Series Games.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1532052081
• ISBN 13: 9781532052088
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 226
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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