The Beckoning World - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Iowa PressISBN-13:9781609388478ISBN-10:160938847XUPC:9781609388478Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, SportsSize:8.43 x 5.43 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.83Product ID:SCCJQ6ZPGZ
The Beckoning World is set in the first quarter of the twentieth century and follows Earl Dunham. His weeks are comprised of six days mining coal, followed by Sundays playing baseball. Then one day a major-league scout happens on a game, signs Earl, and he begins a life he had no idea he could even dream. But dreams sometimes suffer from a lovely abundance, and in Earl's case her name is Emily Marchand. They fall quickly and deeply in love, but with that love comes heartbreaking complications. The Beckoning World gathers a cast of characters that include Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig; a huge-hearted Pullman steward offering aphoristic wisdom; and countless others, not least of which is the 1918 Spanish flu taking vivid spectral form. At the center is a relentless love that Earl and Emily are defenseless against, allied as they are "in this business of their hearts."
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Iowa PressISBN-13:9781609388478ISBN-10:160938847XUPC:9781609388478Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, SportsSize:8.43 x 5.43 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.83Product ID:SCCJQ6ZPGZ
Douglas Bauer has written several books, including Prairie City, Iowa: Three Seasons at Home (Iowa, 2008). He teaches writing at Bennington College, and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
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