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John Updike Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams (Hardback). Author: John Updike. To the classic final version of the essay, long out-of-print, Updike added an autobiographical preface and a substantial new afterword. Format: Hardback. Condition: New. Language: English. Further DetailsTitle: Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams Condition: New Subtitle: A Library of America Special Publication Author: John Updike Format: Hardback ISBN-10: 1598530712 EAN: 9781598530711 ISBN: 9781598530711 Publisher: The Library of America Genre: Sports & Hobbies Release Date: 04/29/2010 Description: On September 28, 1960—a day that will live forever in the hearts of fans—Red Sox slugger Ted Williams stepped up to the plate for his last at-bat in Fenway Park. Seizing the occasion, he belted a solo home run—a storybook ending to a storied career.In the stands that afternoon was twenty-eight-year-old John Updike, inspired by the moment to make his lone venture into the field of sports reporting. More than just a matchless account of that fabled final game, Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu is a brilliant evocation of Williams’ entire tumultuous life in baseball.Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of the dramatic exit of baseball’s greatest hitter, The Library of America presents a commemorative edition of Hub Fans , prepared by the author just months before his death. To the classic final version of the essay, long out-of-print, Updike added an autobiographical preface and a substantial new afterword. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 140mm Item Width: 11mm Item Weight: 210g Release Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
