Shoeless
The Life and Times of Joe Jackson
David L.
Fleitz
ISBN
978-0-7864-0978-5
photos, notes, bibliography, index
320pp.
softcover
2001
Available for immediate shipment
Description
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson was one of baseball’s greatest hitters and most colorful players. Born Joseph Jefferson Wofford Jackson on July 16, 1888, in Pickens County, South Carolina, Jackson went to work in a textile mill when he was around six years old, and got his start in baseball playing for the Brandon Mill team at the age of 13 earning $2.50 a game. He emerged as the star of the team and a favorite of fans with his hitting and throwing abilities, and moved up to play in the Carolina Association, where he received his nickname "Shoeless" because the blisters on his feet forced him to play in his stockings. He then made his move to the major leagues, signing on with the Philadelphia Athletics and rising to fame. This work chronicles Jackson’s life from his poor beginnings to his involvement in the scandal surrounding the 1919 World Series to his life after baseball and his death December 5, 1951, with most of the work focusing on his baseball career.
About the Author
Award-winning author David L. Fleitz is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research. A computer systems analyst, he lives in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan.
Other Book(s) by David L. Fleitz Available from McFarland:
Louis Sockalexis
Ghosts in the Gallery at Cooperstown
Cap Anson
More Ghosts in the Gallery
The Irish in Baseball
Shoeless
 Award Winner
Outstanding Sports Book of the Year--Hickory (N.C.) Metro Sports Commission. Finalist, Larry Ritter Book Award--SABR. Booklist Top Ten Title. Finalist, Dave Moore Award--Elysian Fields Quarterly.
Reviews
"undeniably one of America’s most remarkable hitters. The 80-year controversy over the scandal and Joe’s fiercely loyal fans should provide interest in this new life of Jackson"--Library Journal
"provocative...carefully examines Jackson’s life in order to distinguish reality from myth...a fine biography that clears up many of the misconceptions regarding one of baseball’s most enduring controversies"--Booklist/RBB
"well-written and carefully documented...informative and useful"--Nineteenth Century Notes
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