THE KID FROM TOMKINSVILLE

NEW YORK: HARCOURT, BRACE & COMPANY, 1940 INTERESTING HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK WRITTEN BY ONE OF THE INVENTOR OF THE SPORTS STORY. LIGHT BROWN COVER, FADING COLOR, BLUE AND BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. FORMER LIBRARY BOOK FROM CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF STEUBENVILLE, NORMAL LIBRARY MARKINGS INSIDE, TIGHT AND PRINTED PAGES CLEAN THROUGHOUT. NORMAL WEAR. ROY TUCKER MAIN CHARACTER. FOR THE LOVER OF BASEBALL. The Kid from Tomkinsville became the first in a series of eight books about the Brooklyn Dodgers. In it, Tunis introduced rookie pitcher Roy Tucker and his teammates: "Bones" Hathaway, "Razzle" Nugent and "Fat Stuff" Foster. Tunis says in a note at the beginning of the book that "all the characters in this book were drawn from real life." John Roberts Tunis (December 7, 1889 – February 4, 1975), "the 'inventor' of the modern sports story", was an American writer and broadcaster. Known for his juvenile sports novels, Tunis also wrote short stories and non-fiction, including a weekly sports column for the New Yorker magazine. As a commentator Tunis was part of the first trans-Atlantic sports cast and the first broadcast of the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament to the United States. After graduating from Harvard and serving in the Army during World War I, Tunis began his writing career freelancing for American sports magazines while playing tennis in the Riviera. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.