The Chicago Cubs : Story of a Curse by Rich Cohen (2018, Trade Paperback)

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Type
Biography
Age Level
Adults
City
Chicago
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Subjects
Biographies & True Stories
ISBN
9781250192783
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Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
1250192781
ISBN-13
9781250192783
eBay Product ID (ePID)
243249014

Product Key Features

Book Title
Chicago Cubs : Story of a Curse
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / History, Baseball / General
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Author
Rich Cohen
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
8.8 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.9 in

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"[There] is already a succession of books on the Chicago Cubs' historic 2016 World Series championship . . . but [Cohen's] might be the best, since it's both a deeply satisfying historical account of that colorful franchise and a compelling, all-too-painful personal narrative of one longtime, besotted Cubs fan. " -- Booklist , starred review "[Cohen] rehearses in swift, entertaining fashion the genesis of the team and its glory years (there were many early on) and long decades of mediocrity . . . His many personal stories, strung like holiday lights throughout the narrative, illuminate a fan's frangible heart that annually repaired itself. " -- Kirkus, "Plenty enough illumination to wow casual baseball fans and engage even the hardest-core Cubs fan . . . that long-awaited World Series win was undoubtedly a gift, and Cohen did with it what the best writers do: He turned it into something lasting."--Josh Noel, Chicago Tribune "The best sports book of 2017."--J. Kemper Campbell, Lincoln Journal Star "[There] is already a succession of books on the Chicago Cubs' historic 2016 World Series championship . . . but [Cohen's] might be the best, since it's both a deeply satisfying historical account of that colorful franchise and a compelling, all-too-painful personal narrative of one longtime, besotted Cubs fan." -- Booklist , starred review "[Cohen] rehearses in swift, entertaining fashion the genesis of the team and its glory years (there were many early on) and long decades of mediocrity . . . His many personal stories, strung like holiday lights throughout the narrative, illuminate a fan's frangible heart that annually repaired itself."-- Kirkus
Dewey Decimal
796.357
Table Of Content
CONTENTS NO. 01: "THERE'S NO ROOTING IN THE PRESS BOX" 3 NO. 02: "DON'T HATE ON '08" 12 NO. 03: 1060 WEST ADDISON STREET 49 NO. 04: BIG SHOULDERS, TINY FEET 75 NO. 05: YEAR OF THE GOAT 82 NO. 06: THE WILDERNESS 85 NO. 07: THE CHEMO COACH 106 NO. 08: THE RED LINE 133 NO. 09: THE BIG QUESTION 159 NO. 10: WHAT IS THE SOUND OF ONE CUBS FAN NOT CLAPPING? 176 NO. 11: GOT MILK? GOT POT. 178 NO. 12: GO CUBS GO! 208 NO. 13: POSTSEASON 216 NO. 14: WORLD SERIES 225 NO. 15: GAME 7 247 AFTERWORD 259 BIBLIOGRAPHY 263 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 271
Synopsis
The New York Times bestselling author of Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football "knocks it out of the park" ( Vanity Fair ) in this captivating blend of sports reportage and memoir, exploring the history of the 2016 World Series champions, the Chicago Cubs. Now a New York Times bestseller When Rich Cohen was eight years old, his father took him to see a Cubs game. On the way out of the park, his father asked him to make a promise. "Promise me you will never be a Cubs fan. The Cubs do not win," he explained, "and because of that, a Cubs fan will have a diminished life determined by low expectations. That team will screw up your life." Cohen became not just a Cubs fan but one of the biggest Cubs fans in the world. In this book, he captures the story of the team, its players and crazy days. Billy Sunday and Ernie Banks, Three Finger Brown and Ryne Sandberg, Bill Buckner, the Bartman Ball, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo--the early dominance followed by a 107 year trek across the wilderness. It's all here, in The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse --not just what happened, but what it felt like and what it meant. Featuring extensive interviews with players, owners, and coaches, this mix of memoir, reporting, history, and baseball theology--forty years in the making--has never been written because it never could be. Only with the 2016 World Series can the true arc ofthe story finally be understood., The New York Times bestselling author of Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football "knocks it out of the park" ( Vanity Fair ) in this captivating blend of sports reportage and memoir, exploring the history of the 2016 World Series champions, the Chicago Cubs. When Rich Cohen was eight years old, his father took him to see a Cubs game. On the way out of the park, his father asked him to make a promise. "Promise me you will never be a Cubs fan. The Cubs do not win," he explained, "and because of that, a Cubs fan will have a diminished life determined by low expectations. That team will screw up your life." Cohen became not just a Cubs fan but one of the biggest Cubs fans in the world. In this book, he captures the story of the team, its players and crazy days. Billy Sunday and Ernie Banks, Three Finger Brown and Ryne Sandberg, Bill Buckner, the Bartman Ball, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo--the early dominance followed by a 107 year trek across the wilderness. It's all here, in The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse --not just what happened, but what it felt like and what it meant. Featuring extensive interviews with players, owners, and coaches, this mix of memoir, reporting, history, and baseball theology--forty years in the making--has never been written because it never could be. Only with the 2016 World Series can the true arc of the story finally be understood.

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