The Heart of the Order - Hardcover

Boswell, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385199678 ISBN 13: 9780385199674

Publisher: Doubleday, 1989

Synopsis

The Washington Post sports columnist presents a collection of his most memorable baseball writings, offering his selections of a player from each position who exemplifies the best in baseball.

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Review:

Thomas Boswell, who consistently turns out elegant prose on deadline for the Washington Post, has a knack for finding eternal themes in what might otherwise pass as insignificant on-the-field encounters. It's hard to believe that most of his graceful compilations from the '70s and '80s--like those of the incomparable Roger Angell's--are out of print today, but then publishers, like shortstops with hands of lead, have been known to make their errors. In the heart of Boswell's 1989 collection, The Heart of the Order, he breaks down the game position by position, profiling the player at each whose style of play and attitude about the game best suggest why "heart" isn't just a cliche. Heart also pitches the delightful essay "99 Reasons Why Baseball is Better Than Football"; reason 100 should be that Boswell writes about it with such clarity.

About the Author:

Thomas Boswell was born in Washington, DC, and received a degree in English from Amherst College in 1969. He is a well-known sports columnist at The Washington Post. His has written several sports and recreation books, including Game Day, The Heart of the Order, Strokes of Genius, Why Time Begins on Opening Day, and How Life Imitates the World Series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0385199678
• ISBN 13: 9780385199674
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 363