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Save price for Kiss It Good bye The Mystery the Mormon and the Moral of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates

Author : John Moody
Publisher : Shadow Mountain
Publication Date : 2010 03 03

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I grew up north of Pittsburgh and was 6 years old when the Pirates won the 1960 World series I remember little of what went on at that time I have been a very avid basball fan of the St Louis Cardinals all of my life but I loved this book It is almost a dual biography of Vernon Law alternating with a young Pirate fan The baseball is great the life of Vernon Law was intersting the history of Pittsburgh was very interesting and eye opening The author wraps it up with anecdotes of his life and is a great writer I was particularly struck by the photos and descriptions of the polution and hard life that many Pittsburghers endured in the mid 1900 s I am a baseball book collector and have more than 1100 baseball books This one definitely belongs in this collection but even non baseball fans will enjoy it I heartily recommend this book
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Kiss It Good Bye is a great story that kept me on the edge of my seat It was also a nice trip back to the America of the 1960 s my boyhood years The author is a wonderful writer and story teller I knew a little about Vern Law and enjoyed the background information about his growing up years in Idaho and how he picked the Pirates as the team to play for right out of High School I also loved feeling the emotion the Pittsburg fans must have felt going up against the Goliath Yankees in the World Series It had been the Dodgers against the Yankees for me I wouldn t have thought it possible to enjoy a baseball book based on one player one team and for the most part one season and one game But I did For me it was a home run

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