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In a fascinating blending of reality and fictions, the field has become a shrine to those qualities and to nostalgia itself. The stories shared there are so memorable that Philadelphia writre Brett H. Mandel compiled them in a book.--Diane Daniel "Boston.Com "
"It makes people feel like they want to be kids again." Once he finished pitching batting practice and taking a few cuts at the plate, Mandel dug out his tape recorder and notebook and started talking to visitors. a book that tells the stories of people who found peace, hope and renewal at the baseball diamond carved out of a cornfield.--Chuck Schoffner "Cincinnati Enquirer "
"Some of the stories, when I encountered them it was almost like I had to pinch myself," Mandel said. "I's find myself saying, 'this is great'.--Chuck Schoffner/AP "The Post and Courier "
The hit movie appealed to Mandel immediately for its themes of redemption, its look at baseball and for unleashing feelings of hope which reside in us all. Mandel finds fathers reconnecting with sons at the site; he sees the final trip for an aging man and his family; and he meets tourists from all around Iowa, Chicago, and get this, Japan. The people who read this are charmed by the stories and they come away feeling Iowa is some special place.--Tim Gallagher "Sioux City Journal "
A book dedicated to examining whether the magic found in a popular Hollywood movie is fact or fiction. Looks at the effect traveling to America's heartland for the sake of running around the bases, shagging fly balls and knocking a few out of the park has had on countless fans of America's pastime.--D. E. Kern "Express Times "
Will appeal to all those like him who find soul and fulfillment in all things sentimentally baseball. Is this Heaven looks at the remarkable appeal that draws roughly 75,000 people a year to visit the baseball field.--Robert Strauss "The Philadelphia Inquirer "
If you are willing to suspend disbelief for a second, you can almost convince yourself you've stepped into the film.--Redford Observer
A book that tells the stories of people who found peace, hope, and renewal carved out of a cornfield for the 1989 movie "Field of Dreams'--Idependent Mirror
Senior citizens bring a glove even though they haven't thrown for ages. Somebody in a wheelchair is bein pushed around the bases. There's something very neat about htis field. It brings out something in people.--Hattiesburg American
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This is the story of a make-believe place made real, its incredible lure, and its effect on the people who have stepped between its chalk lines.
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- VerlagTaylor Trade Publishing
- Erscheinungsdatum2002
- ISBN 10 1888698411
- ISBN 13 9781888698411
- EinbandTapa dura
- SpracheEnglisch
- Anzahl der Seiten200
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Zustand: New. Über den AutorBrett Mandel is a director in the Office of the Controller for the City of Philadelphia, where he lives with his wife and daughter. He is author of Minor Players, Major Dreams, which offers the inside story on minor le. Artikel-Nr. 905723011
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