Mensu, there are some interesting videos on (ish, Alphabet) YouTube about Ty Cobb, that stick up for his character vs. the legends. Also at least one interview. His dedication to his sport was an example for other players. Reminds me of Roger Clemens, Ted Williams, Larry Byrd, Michael Jordan (and actually so many of the very focused to obsessed sports stars).

Would have been tremendous to see that Detroit vs. Pittsburgh series, with Cobb and Wagner.

I am happy to announced that my new book is now available on Amazon. Please ignore the notice that they don't have copies, because their algorithm orders more copies when they see that there is demand for a book. So order away ! And let me know what you think:

https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Over-Abyss-Europe-Capitalism/dp/1569027463/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=TMRTT8R4R6ZKAEAWECXB


And of course you can always order it directly from the publisher's site and support a small, independent, and excellent press:
http://africaworldpressbooks.com/looking-over-the-abyss.../

I look forward to hearing comments, criticisms, and suggestions from your readings.

Thanks iin advance !

Steven

just ordered, looking forward to it!

Congrats, Steven! And that's a beautiful cover!

Posted by 06gsp on 3/24/2021 3:15:00 PM (view original):
just ordered, looking forward to it!

Wonderful and thank you 06gsp.

Posted by crazystengel on 3/24/2021 3:38:00 PM (view original):
Congrats, Steven! And that's a beautiful cover!

Thank you crazystengel!

2 yr old New York & Vanity Fair magazines

the girl concept is extant

she said Don break the spines

what is the purpose of a book if not to get it

crawlin up and down the radio dial

lookin fer dead rocken roll bands

fingerpickin defunct old tunes

with my grandmother's hands

well now brother john

larry mcmurtry died the other day

i read about it

e annie proulx could be next

i don wanna read about it

of all the people i ever read who died in the time of my reading

saddest was frank mccourt

i mighta shed a tear that day

cause he never shed a tear for himself

Frank McCourt, that's a strange case. I remember coming across his writing in The New Yorker about 25 years ago, an excerpt from what would become Angela's Ashes, and thinking, "Wow, here's a great writer I've never heard of!" Went to bookstores and libraries looking for his books, nothing there, and nobody even knew his name. The book came out soon after, was a huge hit, made into a movie, and all this when he was over 65 years old. He wrote a sequel of sorts a couple years after that which wasn't as well received, then he kind of dropped out of the public eye. I rarely see him mentioned anymore, but his first book was definitely brilliant.

Unless you're talking about the Frank McCourt who used to own the Dodgers. If so, disregard everything above.

Posted by crazystengel on 4/1/2021 3:44:00 PM (view original):
Frank McCourt, that's a strange case. I remember coming across his writing in The New Yorker about 25 years ago, an excerpt from what would become Angela's Ashes, and thinking, "Wow, here's a great writer I've never heard of!" Went to bookstores and libraries looking for his books, nothing there, and nobody even knew his name. The book came out soon after, was a huge hit, made into a movie, and all this when he was over 65 years old. He wrote a sequel of sorts a couple years after that which wasn't as well received, then he kind of dropped out of the public eye. I rarely see him mentioned anymore, but his first book was definitely brilliant.

Unless you're talking about the Frank McCourt who used to own the Dodgers. If so, disregard everything above.

hard scrabble

not once did the dickens say Please sir can i be horatio alger

Totally agree bronxcheer. The First Fall Classic is really outstanding. I keep re-reading it.