Dixie Association - Softcover

Hays, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446328154 ISBN 13: 9780446328159

Publisher: Grand Central Pub, 1985

Synopsis

Hog Durham, the ex-con first-baseman of the minor league Arkansas Reds, recounts the adventures of his motley team, composed of young Cherokees, two Cuban communists, a bunch of kids and a few old-timers, coached by one-armed ex-major-leaguer Lefty Marks

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Meet the Arkansas Reds, the oddest, craziest, rowdiest bunch of sluggers ever to step out of a dugout. The lineup consists of an ex-con first baseman named Hog, a couple of real Reds on loan from Castro, some young bucks on their way up and worn-out old-timers on their way down, a few wild Indians, a woman, a pitcher named Genghis Mohammad, Jr., and a lecherous knuckle-baller - all led by a one-armed Marxist and former major-leaguer named Lefty. Hog chronicles a season with the Reds as they travel from one seedy southern ballpark to another, always barely a step ahead of the small-town sheriffs and right-wing evangelists who think these motley minor-leaguers are an insult to "America's game".

About the Author:

Donald Hays, associate professor of English at the University of Arkansas, is the author of The Hangman's Children, a novel, and the editor of Stories: Contemporary Southern Short Fiction.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Pub
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0446328154
• ISBN 13: 9780446328159
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416