Chris Ballard
Autor de One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season
Sobre El Autor
Chris Ballard is a senior writer at Sports Illustrated and has also written for the New York Times Magazine, among other publications. His work has twice been anthologized in the Best American Sports Writing series, and in 2012 he was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. He is the author of mostrar más four books. mostrar menos
Obras de Chris Ballard
One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season (1605) 201 copias
The Butterfly Hunter: Adventures of People Who Found Their True Calling Way Off the Beaten Path (2006) 38 copias
Race to the Snow : Photography and the exploration of Dutch New Guinea, 1907-1936 (2002) — Editor — 4 copias
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- male
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- 8
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- 336
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- #70,811
- Valoración
- 4.0
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- 11
- ISBNs
- 19
I grew up in Decatur and Champaign, so it was an added bonus for me that Macon is close to Decatur and Lynn Sweet's family settled in Champaign. Fred Schooley, one of Sweet's Champaign friends, taught and coached at Champaign Central when I went there. It was a pleasant surprise to find him in the story. Macon also played at Champaign Central's McKinley Field, which is where Central's baseball team still plays.
Highly recommended for people who like a good sports story, especially those who live in Central Illinois.… (más)