Chasing Moonlight: The True Story of Field of Dreams' Doc Graham
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (724 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0895874156 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 236 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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But you can't do that with a biography. You will be happy that you took the time to learn the truth about the at-bat that never came and the rest of a fascinating life." --John Feinstein, author, sportswriter, and sports commentator"when I did my research on Doc Graham for Shoeless Joe, I simply made up what I didn't know. Kinsella, author of Shoeless Joe. P. That's the good thing about being a fiction writer. I was so excited to read Chasing Moonlight, because now I know the rest of Doc's story." --W. It's awesome, baby!" --Dick Vitale, ESPN college basketball announcer and Tampa Bay Rays season ticket holder"If you--like me--wondered what the real story of Moonlight Graham was while watching Field of Dreams, here is the answer to all your questions. "Chasing Moonlig
. He is now the evening supervisor for the tutoring center at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, where he resides. Brett Friedlander has spent 27 years as a professional writer, earning numerous national, regional, and state awards. He is a reporter for the Wilmington Star-News and lives in Cary, North Carolina.Robert Reising was the head baseball coach at Duke and Furman universities and the Univ
"For The Baseball Purist" according to Curt Jester. It's such a pleasure to come across someone who knows how to write, is already adept in the field, and goes beyond the tour of duty so to speak to do some incredible research, and of course add the human touch. I couldn't put it down, and it came across better than the Field of Dreams movie, itself. What a treat!CJ. Compelling story of a complex man I heartily recommend this book. It's short -- I picked it up and finished it in less than four hours. But it's a great little story about a guy nobody had heard of 30 years ago and just about every baseball fan is aware of today: Dr. Archibald "Moonlight" Graham.As is usually the case, truth is stranger than fiction -- and often, even more compelling -- and it was. "A Compelling Story of Success" according to Larry Underwood. Until I saw the film, "Field of Dreams", I had never even heard of Doc Graham; but of course, after crying like a baby by the end of the flick, I was certainly intrigued by his story.Now, over twenty years later, authors Friedlander & Reising have put together this wonderful biography, which had me once again a bit teary eyed, but definitely glad to have gotten th
Now, Chasing Moonlight establishes him as a man.. In Chasing Moonlight, Brett Friedlander and Robert Reising prove that truth is more interesting than fiction. The real-life Moonlight Graham didn't play just a half-inning for John McGraw's New York Giants, as depicted in Field of Dreams. Neither did he retire from baseball after his lone major league appearance. He was a physician who sat with patients through epidemics and wrote a blood pressure study that was required reading at medical schools worldwide. But he was also a failed inventor and small-town character who built perpetual-motion machines and filled his home with tennis balls and empty oatmeal boxes.W.P. Kinsella rescued Moonlight Graham from the scrap heap in his novel Shoeless Joe. Field of Dreams made him famous. Rather, he became a fan favorite during a noteworthy professional career, all the while juggling baseball with medical residencies.Graham's life apart fr