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Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams
Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams
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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 Adieuis 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 ofHub 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.
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 Adieuis 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 ofHub 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.
- Publisher: Library of America
- Dimensions: 13.97 x 1.09 x 19.81 cm
- Language: English
- Print length: 64 pages
- Item weight: 204 g
- Edition: 1st
- Book Type: Hardcover
- ISBN-10: 1598530712
- ISBN-13: 978-1598530711
- Publication date: 29 April 2010
- Reading age: 18 years and up
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