Zane Grey

The Redheaded Outfield

Herausgeber: 1stworld Library

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Produktbeschreibung

There was Delaney's red-haired trio - Red Gilbat, left fielder; Reddy Clammer, right fielder, and Reddie Ray, center fielder, composing the most remarkable outfield ever developed in minor league baseball. It was Delaney's pride, as it was also his trouble. Red Gilbat was nutty - and his batting average was .371. Any student of baseball could weigh these two facts against each other and understand something of Delaney's trouble. It was not possible to camp on Red Gilbat's trail. The man was a jack-o'-lantern, a will-o'-the-wisp, a weird, long-legged, long-armed, red-haired illusive phantom. When the gong rang at the ball grounds there were ten chances to one that Red would not be present. He had been discovered with small boys peeping through knotholes at the vacant left field he was supposed to inhabit during play. Of course what Red did off the ball grounds was not so important as what he did on. And there was absolutely no telling what under the sun he might do then except once out of every three times at bat he could be counted on to knock the cover off the ball.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: 1st World Library - Literary Society
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9781421808932
• ISBN-10: 1421808935
• Artikelnr.: 22132278

Autorenporträt

Pearl Zane Grey (1872 - 1939) was an American dentist and author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the commercial success of his printed works, they had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and television productions. His novels and short stories have been adapted into 112 films, two television episodes and a television series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.

Inhaltsangabe

The redheaded outfield -- The rube -- The rube's pennant -- The rube's honeymoon -- The rube's Waterloo -- Breaking into fast company -- The knocker -- The winning ball -- False colors -- The manager of Madden's Hill -- Old Well-well.