Dreaming Baseball

Dreaming Baseball

Author: James Thomas Farrell

Publisher: Writing Sports

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13:

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Mickey Donovan grew up on the South Side of Chicago dreaming of becoming a star for the White Sox. Donovan's childhood dream came true in 1919 when he made the team. Despite the fact that he spent most of his rookie season on the bench, it was truly a magical year - until the Black Sox scandal turned it into a nightmare. -- Book jacket.


The Nature of College

The Nature of College

Author: James J. Farrell

Publisher: Milkweed Editions

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1571318194

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Stately oaks, ivy-covered walls, the opposite sex — these are the things that likely come to mind for most Americans when they think about the "nature" of college. But the real nature of college is hidden in plain sight: it’s flowing out of the keg, it’s woven into the mascots on our T-shirts. Engaging in a deep and richly entertaining study of "campus ecology," The Nature of College explores one day in the life of the average student, questioning what "natural" is and what "common sense" is really good for and weighing the collective impacts of the everyday. In the end, this fascinating, highly original book rediscovers and repurposes the great and timeless opportunity presented by college: to study the American way of life, and to develop a more sustainable, better way to live.


A Note on Literary Criticism

A Note on Literary Criticism

Author: James Thomas Farrell

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780231082570

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James T. Farrell's compelling defense of the Marxist principles of literary criticism was hailed by Edmund Wilson as ""a remarkable event"." Now available in its entirety for the first time is more than five decades, A Note On Literary Criticism liberated a section of the Great Depression's radical intelligentsia from vulgar, over politicized approaches to cultural criticism.


Brooklyn Boy

Brooklyn Boy

Author: Jim Farrell

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2014-01-13

Total Pages: 566

ISBN-13: 1491719664

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It is 1945 in Long Beach, New York, when three-year-old Brian Farley receives the scare of a lifetime. As little Brian bounces on his fathers stomach in a second-floor bedroom of their summer house, his father suddenly loses his grip, sending Brian out through the screen window and onto the sand below. As the summer house, normally a place of peace and respite, disrupts into chaos, little Brian has no idea that this particular event is just one of the many escapades he will experience growing up as an Irish Catholic boy in Brooklyn and Long Beach. Brian embarks on a memorable coming-of-age journey as the Farleys spend their winters in a borough thats undergoing many changesthe influx of Puerto Ricans, neighborhood deterioration, and the desertion of the Brooklyn Dodgersand their summers in paradise at their grandparents summer home. As Brian matures and falls in love with a beautiful, Puerto Rican classmate, only time will tell if their relationship will survive his mothers judgment and the shifting demographics of Brooklyn. But it is only after the family matriarch suddenly dies that everything Brian has ever known suddenly changes. In this compelling story, as a Brooklyn boy matures into adulthood amid a warm, loving, and sometimes conflicted New York family, he soon discovers he is responsible for his own happiness.


The Face of Time

The Face of Time

Author: James Thomas Farrell

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0252075129

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A sprawling tale of immigrant families' struggles with harsh urban realities


An Honest Writer

An Honest Writer

Author: Robert K. Landers

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13:

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A sparkling literary history and a compelling portrait of one of the era's major figures.


The Silence of History

The Silence of History

Author: James T (James Thomas) 190 Farrell

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9781014267658

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