· Ray Kinsella hearing voices telling him to build a field is "like Abraham, Moses or Noah," Steele points out, and the "The Iowa Baseball Confederacy" features a 2,inning game that goes for 40 days and 40 nights. · The Iowa Baseball Confederacy by W.P. Kinsella is a novel that illustrates the journey of life through the magic of time travel and the game of baseball itself. One man by the name of Gideon Clark is on a mission to solve baseball past passed down from his father/5. The Iowa Baseball Confederacy was about baseball and took place in Iowa, both pros in my world. However, it also involved a lot of magic and science fiction bullshit, which is a definite con. The story follows a man whose father has passed on a bunch of information about this supposed baseball league that existed and beat the Chicago Cubs.
— The Iowa Baseball Confederacy. Back to Short Story Index page. Back to Novels Index page. W. P. Kinsella (), Canadian author, was one of the most prolific authors of baseball fiction. Selected criticism: Aitken, McGimpsey "The Arbiter." () In Japanese Baseball. Umpire learns gradually that his personality type is perfect for. W. P. Kinsella () was the author of numerous works of fiction, including the best-selling Shoeless Joe, for which he won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship, The Iowa Baseball Confederacy, and eleven highly acclaimed short story collections. 7. MTW Youth via United States: Softcover, ISBN Publisher: Ballantine Books, Good. Iowa Baseball Confederacy by Kinsella, W.P.. Iowa Baseball Confederacy ISBN/UPC Title: Iowa Baseball Confederacy Authors: Kinsella, W.P. Binding: Mass Market Paperback Publisher: Ballantine Books Publication Date: Mar 12 Edition: Condition: Used - Good.
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, A narrator recalls a baseball league that no-one else can remember (cf. Roth, The Great American Novel) and especially recounts an epic game one of its clubs played against the Chicago Cubs. Ends up being too solemn, but has flashes of humor and a nice eerie folkloric sense. THE IOWA BASEBALL CONFEDERACY is the finest ode to the mysteries of life ever to centre around baseball. W.P. Kinsella's name has become synonymous with his love for the sport, and sometimes it can become overwhelming. His short stories have a tendency to push the sentimentality over the edge into the realm of muadlin. The Iowa Baseball Confederacy is a novel written by Canadian author W.P. Kinsella. It is less well known than his novel Shoeless Joe, which came to prominence when it was made into the film Field of Dreams.
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