The Iowa Baseball Confederacy

by W. P. Kinsella Narrated by Grover Gardner

Overview

Gideon Clarke is a man on a quest. He is out to prove to the world, as his father tried before him, that the world-champion Chicago Cubs traveled to Onamata, Iowa, in the summer of 1908 for an exhibition game against all-stars from the Iowa Baseball Confederacy, an amateur league. The game, which was to be short, pleasant, and, the Cubs thought, one-sided, turned into a titanic battle of over two thousand innings, played mostly in the pouring rain. This game is not on the record books. No one remembers it or the Confederacy. But Gideon Clarke knows it happened, and he is determined to set the record straight.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Much more than a baseball book . . . The Iowa Baseball Confederacy captures Kinsella's love of baseball, his appreciation for its infinite dreams, and its glorious possibilities."

The Seattle Times —

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169840216
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	08/03/2012
Edition description:	Unabridged

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