Baseball's Natural: The Story of Eddie Waitkus

(Part of the Writing Baseball Series)

by John Theodore

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Baseball's Natural: The Story of Eddie Waitkus is John Theodore's true account of the slick-fielding first baseman who played for the Cubs and Phillies in the 1940s and became an immortalized figure in baseball lore as the inspiration for Roy Hobbs in Bernard Malamud's The Natural.

The son of Lithuanian immigrants, Edward Stephen Waitkus (1919-1972) grew up in Boston and served in the Pacific during World War II. His...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0809324504

ISBN13:9780809324507

Release Date:September 2002

Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.5"

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Baseball Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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