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Kensington
May 2009
On Sale: May 1, 2009
288 pages
ISBN: 0758226888
EAN: 9780758226884
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Your legacy is in the Attic. The words leap from the
cryptic poem left for Harvard professor Seth Stein by his
Papa Sol, the doting grandfather who vanished without a
trace four years earlier. It was Papa Sol who instilled an
unquenchable passion for baseball in Seth's soul; it was Sol
who also ignited Seth's obsession with history, spinning
fabulous tales of times and people long gone. And when Papa
Sol disappeared, it was Seth who stepped up to the plate,
caring for Sol's bewildered wife as she clung to her
cherished memories. Seth is still searching for answers
when the poem--"For Setharoo, on his fiftieth
birthday"--appears in his grandmother's home. It leads him
to a scuffed, yellowed baseball, resting in a box handmade
by his grandfather. Without warning, a single touch of the
rough leather thrusts Seth through the swirling vortex of
history onto the streets of 1950s New York and then to the
greatest baseball game ever played, the Bobby Thomson "Shot
Heard `Round the World" playoff classic. It is in this
surreal, sepia-toned site of past glory that historian Seth
begins a wondrous, life-changing odyssey that allows him to
find the answers he so desperately seeks. Suspenseful,
thought-provoking, funny, and poignant , this beautifully
crafted novel is a joyous tribute to our inspiring and
timeless national pastime, and a rare treasure for all those
who love baseball.
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