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The Desperado Who Stole Baseball Hardback - 2009
by John H. Ritter
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Dillontown was built upon a gold mine. Yet for thevillagers, life is about something even more valuable:baseball. Home to the Dillontown Nine, theywould give anything to join the ranks of professionalballplayers - even their gold. Yet to make it, theywill need to defeat the world champion ChicagoWhite Stockings - and their crooked owner, willingto wager anything for the mine, and willing to doanything to avoid losing. Fortunately, Dillontownis home to two boys who know a little somethingabout winning. One is young Jack Dillon, nephewto Dillontown founder Long John Dillon. The other?A boy on the run, in need of a second chance: noneother than Billy the Kid.One of the fi nest storytellers of our time, John H.Ritter brings the Old West to life in this prequel tohis breakout success, The Boy Who Saved Baseball.
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Dillontown was built upon a gold mine. Yet for the villagers, life is about something even more valuable: baseball. Home to the Dillontown Nine, they would give anything to join the ranks of professional ballplayers?even their gold. Yet to make it, they will need to defeat the world champion Chicago White Stockings?and their crooked owner, willing to wager anything for the mine, and willing to do anything to avoid losing. Fortunately, Dillontown is home to two boys who know a little something about winning. One is young Jack Dillon, nephew to Dillontown founder Long John Dillon. The other? A boy on the run, in need of a second chance: none other than Billy the Kid.
One of the fi nest storytellers of our time, John H. Ritter brings the Old West to life in this prequel to his breakout success, The Boy Who Saved Baseball.
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- Title The Desperado Who Stole Baseball
- Author John H. Ritter
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition; F
- Pages 260
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Philomel Books
- Publication date 2009-03-05
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780399246647 / 0399246649
- Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 8.54 x 5.88 x 0.94 in (21.69 x 14.94 x 2.39 cm)
- Age range 10 to 13 years
- Grade levels 5 - 8
- Reading level 750
- Category Children's Books/All Ages
- Library of Congress subjects Baseball, Orphans
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008016901
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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