Shoeless Joe

The novel that inspired Field of Dreams: “A lyrical, seductive, and altogether winning concoction. ” —The New York Times Book Review

One of Sports Illustrated’s 100 Greatest Sports Books

“If you build it, he will come. ” When Ray Kinsella hears these mysterious words spoken in the voice of an Iowa baseball announcer, he is inspired to carve a baseball diamond in his cornfield. It is a tribute to his hero, the legendary Shoeless Joe Jackson, whose reputation was forever tarnished by the scandalous 1919 World Series.

What follows is a timeless story that is “not so much about baseball as it is about dreams, magic, life, and what is quintessentially American” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

“A triumph of hope. ” —The Boston Globe

“A moonlit novel about baseball, dreams, family, the land, and literature. ” —Sports Illustrated

© 2014 RosettaBooks (E-bog): 9780795311710

Release date

E-bog: 9. januar 2014