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Deford, Frank was born on December 16, 1938 in Baltimore. Son of Benjamin F. Deford Junior and Louise (McAdams) Deford.
( In The Old Ball Game, Frank Deford, NPR sports commenta...)
In The Old Ball Game, Frank Deford, NPR sports commentator and Sports Illustrated journalist retells the story of an unusual friendship between two towering figures in baseball history. At the turn of the twentieth century, Christy Mathewson was one of baseball's first superstars. Over six feet tall, clean cut, and college educated, he didn't pitch on the Sabbath and rarely spoke an ill word about anyone. He also had one of the most devastating arms in all of baseball. New York Giants manager John McGraw, by contrast, was ferocious. The pugnacious tough guy was already a star infielder who, with the Baltimore Orioles, helped develop a new, scrappy style of baseball, with plays like the hit-and-run, the Baltimore chop, and the squeeze play. When McGraw joined the Giants in 1902, the Giants were coming off their worst season ever. Yet within three years, Mathewson clinched New York City's first World Series for McGraw's team by throwing three straight shutouts in only six days, an incredible feat that is invariably called the greatest World Series performance ever. Because of their wonderful odd-couple association, baseball had its first superstar, the Giants ascended into legend, and baseball as a national pastime bloomed.
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(William T. Tilden II dominated the courts during the 1920...)
William T. Tilden II dominated the courts during the 1920s. For seven years in a row, he never lost a significant match. Flamboyant both in public and private, Tilden was eventually arrested — and shunned — for his homosexuality. He died penniless and alone, years before his election into the tennis Hall of Fame.
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(If true love can travel across time, can true evil be far...)
If true love can travel across time, can true evil be far behind? When the beautiful Dr. Nina Winston’s patient Bucky Buckingham reveals his secret to her, she has to doubt him. Reincarnation? True love across four centuries? But Nina is fascinated and lets herself be drawn into the charming and vulnerable Bucky’s tale and into his life. Through hypnotherapy, she meets his former identity, and in real life, she meets his former paramour. If Bucky did live before, is Constance Rawlings his reincarnated lover? A dangerous search begins for the truth behind predestined love, and Nina is caught in the middle of soaring passions and raging jealousies. Peter Paul Rubens’s painting, Venus and Adonis, which hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is the inspiration for this fast-paced thriller set alternately between the seventeenth century in Antwerp and the present day in New York. A novel of intrigue and suspense, The Other Adonis is a tale of true love and murder, a mystery that takes the reader back in time to another world, with a resolution that will delight romantics and turn skeptics into believers.
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( At the 1936 Berlin Olympics the beautiful Sydney String...)
At the 1936 Berlin Olympics the beautiful Sydney Stringfellow begins an intense love affair with a German but the affair abruptly ends when political forces tear them apart. At the 1936 Berlin Olympics the beautiful Sydney Stringfellow begins an intense love affair with a German but the affair abruptly ends when political forces tear them apart.
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(ollowing a battle against cystic fibrosis, the #1 genetic...)
ollowing a battle against cystic fibrosis, the #1 genetic killer of children. Her poignant and uplifting story touched the hearts of millions when it was first published and then made into a memorable TV movie. In a new Introduction, her father summarizes some of the developments made in combating the disease and tells how the family has come to terms with her loss. Illustrations.
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(Good in Good jacket HARD COVER. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. ED...)
Good in Good jacket HARD COVER. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. EDGE WEAR, FRAYING TO LOWER EDGE REAR BOARD, IN DJ WITH EDGE WEAR, CLOSED TEARS, SMALL CHIP TO HEAD OF SPINE, CLOSED TEARS ALONG EDGES, LIGHT RUBBING, CREASING TO FRONT FLAP.
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("In men like Traveler and Alcazar we find the beating hea...)
"In men like Traveler and Alcazar we find the beating heart and struggling soul of baseball..." -Jeff MacGregor, Sports Illustrated; author of Sunday Money Howie Traveler never made it as a player-his one major league hit and .091 batting average attest to that. He was cursed with that worst of professional maladies, the ill fortune of almost. Now after years of struggling up the coaching ladder, Howie's finally been given his shot: as manager of the Cleveland Indians. But America's pastime has changed. Whether Howie can spot a small flaw in a batter's swing won't matter if he can't manage his superstar outfielder Jay Alcazar, a slugger with enormous talent (and an ego to match). No crisis on the field fazes Jay and no woman off the field ever rejects him. But one night at the hotel Howie sees something at Jay's door he wishes he hadn't...and it leaves Howie with an impossible choice. From six-time National Sportswriter of the Year and NPR commentator Frank Deford comes a richly detailed, page-turning tale that takes you deep into America's game. From the dugouts to the tabloid scandals, from the lights of the field to the glare of the media, The Entitled is the great novel of baseball's modern era. "The Entitled is a baseball masterpiece, like The Natural and Field of Dreams; the difference is the plot and the characters depict the true inside world of baseball. Frank Deford writes like he played in the majors for ten years. If you have a passion for baseball, this is a must read." -Mike Schmidt, Baseball Hall of Fame "Frank Deford is not just an immensely talented sportswriter, he's an immensely talented American writer. The Entitled is his wise and pleasurable portrait of a Willy Loman-like baseball manager finally getting his chance in the Bigs late in his career." -David Halberstam "Engrossing...Readers are exposed to a richly textured understanding of baseball and, no less, of estrangement, ambition, mendacity and the search for one's destiny-notwithstanding the cost in human or financial terms." -Library Journal "I loved The Entitled and could not put it down. It was a great read from start to finish with characters that reminded me of the many people I've known and played with-pure baseball." ––Lou Piniella, Manager, Chicago Cubs " The Entitled contains all of the keen insider knowledge one expects of America's premier sports journalist. It also displays Frank Deford's gifts for dialogue and intricate plotting and his poignant grasp of character. It proves once again that Deford can play at the highest level in any league." -Michael Mewshaw, author of Year of the Gun "Deford scores another hit with this novel of athletes behaving badly...tackles timely and provocative issues without flinching." -Publishers Weekly
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(On the eve of World War II, two friends--Cotton Drake, an...)
On the eve of World War II, two friends--Cotton Drake, an American raised by missionary parents in Japan, and Kiyoshi, a Japanese living in Hawaii--become caught up in conflicting loyalties, treachery, and forbidden romance. 35,000 first printing.
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( Alexandra Deford, a precious and precocious girl, was j...)
Alexandra Deford, a precious and precocious girl, was just eight years old when she died in 1980 following a battle against the debilitating effects of cystic fibrosis, the number-one genetic killer of children. Her poignant and uplifting story touched the hearts of millions when it was first published and then made into a memorable television movie. A new introduction contains information on the latest cystic fibrosis research, and a touching postcript reveals how the Deford family came to terms with the loss of Alex. Whenever he speaks, sportswriter Frank Deford knows people will bring articles for him to sign. But what makes him happiest is when someone attends a sports-oriented lecture and brings a copy of Alex: The Life of a Child for him to sign. "Invariably, and happily, there's usually someone at each appearance who either brings that book or wants to talk about their connection to cystic fibrosis." Deford says. "It's tremendously gratifying to me. Rarely does a week go by that I don't get a letter about that book. People leave things at her grave. They really do. I have people tell me that she changed their lives. It's terribly dramatic, but they literally say that. I heard from a woman who became a pediatric nurse after reading the book. Hearing from people like that means more to me than anything."
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(Deford ( Everybody's All-American ) uses Ernest Thayer's ...)
Deford ( Everybody's All-American ) uses Ernest Thayer's classic poem "Casey at the Bat" to create a whimsical tale blending fact, fiction and fantasy. Timothy Casey is a brilliant young "ballist" (as they were called back in 1888) whose extraordinary hitting has galvanized the town of Mudville. Living near Boston, Casey falls in love with beautiful Florence Cleary, a recent Irish immigrant working as a maid. "Mighty Casey" also meets Chester Drinkwater, an unscrupulous businessman who lies to the young ballplayer and for a price convinces him to leave the Mudville Nine. After splitting with Flossie over Drinkwater, Casey encounters Richard Fox, the editor of the National Police Gazette , who's in Boston to convince the great John L. Sullivan to defend his boxing crown. Casey's altercation with the drunk and overweight champion is the next event in this cleverly extended what-if, tracing fictitious events that lead up to the actual at-bat immortalized by the Thayer poem. Deford writes lovingly of a time long past and his set-up of the famous at-bat is nicely conceived. A shorter version this book appeared originally in Sports Illustrated , and the novel does read like a magazine piece stretched (beyond its modest limits) between the covers of a book.
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commentator writer sportswriter
Deford, Frank was born on December 16, 1938 in Baltimore. Son of Benjamin F. Deford Junior and Louise (McAdams) Deford.
Bachelor, Princeton University, 1962.
Writer, Sports Illustrated magazine, New York City, 1964-1989, 98-; editor, public, The National Sports Daily, New York City, 1989-1991; contributing editor, Newsweek, 1991-1993, 96-98; contributing editor, Vanity Fair, 1993-1996. Commentator National Public Radio, Washington, since 1980, Cable News Network, New York City, 1980-1986, NBC Sports, New York City, 1986-1989, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Radio, New York City, 1991-1998, Home Box Office, New York City, since 1994.
(On the eve of World War II, two friends--Cotton Drake, an...)
( Alexandra Deford, a precious and precocious girl, was j...)
( In The Old Ball Game, Frank Deford, NPR sports commenta...)
( At the 1936 Berlin Olympics the beautiful Sydney String...)
(Deford ( Everybody's All-American ) uses Ernest Thayer's ...)
("In men like Traveler and Alcazar we find the beating hea...)
(If true love can travel across time, can true evil be far...)
(ollowing a battle against cystic fibrosis, the #1 genetic...)
(Good in Good jacket HARD COVER. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. ED...)
(History of Roller Derby.)
(William T. Tilden II dominated the courts during the 1920...)
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Trustee Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Washington, since 1973, chairman, 1984—1999, chairman emeritus, since 1999.
Married Carol Penner, August 28, 1965. Children: Christian McAdams, Scarlet Faith.