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Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams: A Library of America Special Publication Hardback - 2010

by John Updike

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On the 50th anniversary of Ted Williams' last at-bat comes the definitive new edition of the Updike classic that set the standard for sports writing, prepared by the author just months before his death.

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On September 28, 1960--a day that will live forever in the hearts of fans--Red Sox slugger Ted Williams stepped up to the plate for his last at-bat in Fenway Park. Seizing the occasion, he belted a solo home run--a storybook ending to a storied career.

In the stands that afternoon was twenty-eight-year-old John Updike, inspired by the moment to make his lone venture into the field of sports reporting. More than just a matchless account of that fabled final game, Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu is a brilliant evocation of Williams' entire tumultuous life in baseball.

Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of the dramatic exit of baseball's greatest hitter, The Library of America presents a commemorative edition of Hub Fans, prepared by the author just months before his death. To the classic final version of the essay, long out-of-print, Updike added an autobiographical preface and a substantial new afterword.

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  • Title Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams: A Library of America Special Publication
  • Author John Updike
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 64
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Library of America, New York
  • Publication date 2010-04-29
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover
  • ISBN 9781598530711 / 1598530712
  • Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.62 x 5.6 x 0.43 in (19.35 x 14.22 x 1.09 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Sports & Recreation
  • Library of Congress subjects Baseball players - United States, Williams, Ted
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009934632
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.357

About the author

John Updike (1932-2009) was born in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954, and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker. He is the author of more than sixty books, including collections of short stories, poems, essays, and criticism. His novels won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle, and the Howells Medal, among other honors.
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