{"product_id":"no-place-i-would-rather-be-roger-angell-and-a-life-in-baseball-writing-hardback-9781496213259","title":"No Place I Would Rather Be; Roger Angell and a Life in Baseball Writing (Hardback) 9781496213259","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNo Place I Would Rather Be\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRoger Angell and a Life in Baseball Writing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoe Bonomo (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496213259\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 May 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages, 5 photographs, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.504 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“The game of baseball best represents our country’s soul, and no one has chronicled its beauty better than Roger Angell. With only class and eloquence, Roger’s insights have taught us all-starting with sport and extending to humanity.”-Joe Torre, Hall of Famer and four-time World Championship manager of the New York Yankees and MLB’s chief baseball officer\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Joe Bonomo’s immensely enjoyable book examines Angell’s baseball writing through the decades, shedding welcome light on the forces and events (both in the game and in Angell’s life) that shaped him into the greatest baseball writer of the post–World War II era. It’s an absolute must for any Angell fan and for anyone who digs great baseball writing in general.”-Dan Epstein, author of \u003ci\u003eBig Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging ’70s\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Roger Angell is an American treasure. Fans of baseball and the craft of writing will enjoy this inside look at one of the all-time best.”-Tom Verducci, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Yankee Years\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cubs Way\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Joe Bonomo has curated an enjoyable journey through the career and work of Roger Angell, the godfather to generations of outsiders who set out to bring a fresh perspective to baseball coverage. If you’ve ever immersed yourself in Angell’s prose and wondered where his incisive wit, ear for dialogue, and attention to detail came from, or wished to trace the development of recurring themes throughout his oeuvre, \u003ci\u003eNo Place I Would Rather Be\u003c\/i\u003e is well worth your time.”-Jay Jaffe, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cooperstown Casebook\u003c\/i\u003e and a senior writer for FanGraphs.com\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eLegendary \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e writer and editor Roger Angell is considered to be among the greatest baseball writers\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e He brings a fan’s love, a fiction writer’s eye, and an essayist’s sensibility to the game. No other baseball writer has a through line quite like Angell’s: born in 1920, he was an avid fan of the game by the Depression era, when he watched Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig hit home runs at Yankee Stadium. He began writing about baseball in 1962 and continued through the decades, blogging about baseball’s postseasons until his death in 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Place I Would Rather Be\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Angell’s contribution to sportswriting, including his early short stories, pieces for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, autobiographical essays, seven books, and the common threads that run through them. His work reflects rapidly changing mores as well as evolving forces on and off the field, reacting to a half century of cultural turmoil, shifts in trends and professional attitudes of ballplayers and executives, and a complex, discerning, and diverse audience. Baseball is both change and constancy, and Roger Angell is the preeminent essayist of that paradox. His writing encompasses fondness for the past, a sober reckoning of the present, and hope for the future of the game.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52599896932632,"sku":"9781496213259","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/no-place-i-would-rather-be-roger-angell-and-a-life-in-baseball-writing-hardback-9781496213259","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}