The Southpaw

Author: Mark Harris
Edition: 2 Revised
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0803273371

The Southpaw (Second Edition)

The Southpaw is a story about coming of age in America by way of the baseball diamond. Get The Southpaw literature books for free.
Lefthander Henry Wiggen, six feet three, a hundred ninety-five pounds, and the greatest pitcher going, grows to manhood in a right-handed world. From his small-town beginnings to the top of the game, Henry finds out how hard it is to please his coach, his girl, and the sports page-and himself, too-all at once. Written in Henry's own words, this exuberant, funny novel follows his eccentric course from bush league to the World Series. Although Mark Harris loves and writes tellingly about the pleasures of baseball, his primary subject has always been the human condition and the shifts of mortal men and women as they try to understand and survive what Check The Southpaw our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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