Shoeless Joe
Published on 14. March 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
244 pages
978-0-00-749747-8 (ISBN)
Description
The book that inspired the movie Field of Dreams.
The voice of a baseball announcer tells the Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella: "If you build it, he will come."
"He" is Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ray's hero.
"It" is a baseball stadium which Ray carves out of his cornfield.
Like the movie FIELD OF DREAMS that was made from this novel, SHOELESS JOE is about baseball. But it's also about love and the power of dreams to make people come alive....
The voice of a baseball announcer tells the Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella: "If you build it, he will come."
"He" is Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ray's hero.
"It" is a baseball stadium which Ray carves out of his cornfield.
Like the movie FIELD OF DREAMS that was made from this novel, SHOELESS JOE is about baseball. But it's also about love and the power of dreams to make people come alive....
Reviews / Votes
'The movie only captured half the magic of the book. This is a masterpiece.' Andrew Kaufman'Not so much about baseball as it is about dreams, magic, life and what is quintessentially American.' The Philadelphia Enquirer.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
212 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-749747-8 (9780007497478)
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Other editions
Additional editions
W. P. Kinsella
Shoeless Joe
E-Book
03/2013
1st Edition
The Friday Project Limited
€6.99
Available for download
Person
William Patrick Kinsella, OC, OBC (born May 25, 1935) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. His work has often concerned baseball, First Nations people, and other Canadian issues.