The Golem's Mighty Swing Free

Author: James Sturm
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1896597459

The Golem's Mighty Swing

James Sturm delivers this compelling picture novella about a barnstorming Jewish baseball team. Get The Golem's Mighty Swing literature books for free.
Set in the 1920s, the story opens as The Stars of David travel from town to town earning a living by playing local squads. They all sport beards, a gimmick to attract patrons. When financial difficulties threaten to end their season they cast their lot with a Chicago promoter, Victor Paige. Paige, after seeing the German film Der Golem (a huge silent film success), procures the costume worn in the film and has one of the Stars of David don the costume. Using newspaper articles and broadsides, Paige aggressively trumpets the coming of the Golem and proceeds to transform a baseball game into a mythical pageant. He fills the stadium but also stokes the Check The Golem's Mighty Swing our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

The Golem's Mighty Swing Free

Set in the 1920s, the story opens as The Stars of David travel from town to town earning a living by playing local squads. They all sport beards, a gimmick to attract patrons. When financial difficulties threaten to end their season they cast their lot with a Chicago promoter, Victor Paige. Paige, after seeing the German film Der Golem (a huge silent film success), procures the costume worn in the film and has one of the Stars of David don the costume He fills the stadium but also stokes the

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