- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.; 1 edition (Feb 17 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0152056548
- ISBN-13: 978-0152056544
- Product Dimensions: 19.9 x 12.7 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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"They make a reader want to get everything that's in that grand world of old baseball, and to get it a boy calls on tricks of intelligence he never knew he had."
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Roy Tucker and his Brooklyn Dodgers teammates summon every ounce of their collective skill to fight for the greatest title in baseball--World Series champs. Includes an introduction by Bruce Brooks.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Classic Baseball Story,
By Riceman56 (Farmington Hills, MI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: World Series (Hardcover)
I first read this book as an eleven year old and it made a strong impression on my young mind. Now, as a 44 year old, I thought I would reread this book to take a stroll down memory lane. I wasn't disappointed. This story of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the late 1930's is the sequel to The Kid from Tomkinsvile. The "Kid" chonicles the season that leads up to the World Series and this book disects the seven game classic against the Indians. At eleven, I cheered and cried for the heroes in the story; and at 44 I did the same. This is a wonderful book, and a great look back into time, for any young boy or girl.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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A Classic Baseball Story,
By Riceman56 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: World Series (Hardcover)
I first read this book as an eleven year old and it made a strong impression on my young mind. Now, as a 44 year old, I thought I would reread this book to take a stroll down memory lane. I wasn't disappointed. This story of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the late 1930's is the sequel to The Kid from Tomkinsvile. The "Kid" chonicles the season that leads up to the World Series and this book disects the seven game classic against the Indians. At eleven, I cheered and cried for the heroes in the story; and at 44 I did the same. This is a wonderful book, and a great look back into time, for any young boy or girl.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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A GREAT FOLLOW-UP TO "THE KID FROM TOMKINSVILLE",
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: World Series (Hardcover)
In some ways, this is an even better read than "The Kid From Tomkinsville" because Tunis keeps the story within the framework of a series as opposed to two seasons in "The Kid." In "World Series" you get to see how a battered and bruised Roy Tucker handles his first postseason, although the novel also puts a lot of time in on Brooklyn manager Dave Leonard (who shows himself to be a lot more complex than in the first book). Tunis is very good at getting the feel of what baseball was like in the 1940's, and "World Series" contains perhaps his best game-situation writing of all the novels. And the banquet scene is priceless. Very much a companion piece to "The Kid," and it's well worth buying them both and reading them one after the other.
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Gets no better than this,
By BRUCE M BROWNELL - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: World Series (Hardcover)
Nobody does it better than John R. Tunis. The characters, the language, the morality on and off the field. Tunis builds a world, populates it from rookie to grizzled vet, and lets them have at it, with the characters aging in succeeding books. A master.
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