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| Title | : | If I Never Get Back (If I Never Get Back #1) |
| Author | : | Darryl Brock |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 424 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2007 by Frog in Well (first published 1989) |
| Categories | : | Sports. Baseball. Science Fiction. Time Travel. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fantasy |
Darryl Brock
Paperback | Pages: 424 pages Rating: 4.09 | 1018 Users | 128 Reviews
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Contemporary reporter Sam Fowler, stuck in a dull job and a failing marriage, abruptly finds himself transported back to the summer of 1869. After a wrenching period of adjustment, he comes to feel rejuvenated by his involvement with the nation's first pro baseball players. He also finds his senses quickening and tastes changing as he faces life-threatening 19th-century challenges on and off the baseball diamond. Through his attachments to the ballplayers and the lovely Caitlin O'Neill, he might just regain the sense of family he desperately needs. Darryl Brock masterfully evokes post-Civil War America's smoky, turbulent cities, the new transcontinental railroad that takes passengers over prairies and mountains to California, the dance halls and parlor houses, the financial booms and busts, and historical luminaries like Mark Twain and Jesse James. Equally appealing to sports fans and anyone who likes a good read, If I Never Get Back well deserves the Cleveland Plain Dealer's judgment that it "hits a home run."Present Books Supposing If I Never Get Back (If I Never Get Back #1)
| Original Title: | If I Never Get Back: A Novel |
| ISBN: | 1583941878 (ISBN13: 9781583941874) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | If I Never Get Back #1 |
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Ratings: 4.09 From 1018 Users | 128 ReviewsComment On About Books If I Never Get Back (If I Never Get Back #1)
This is one of my favorite books because it's such great fun. It's a time travel novel that will have you seeing the sights, hearing the sounds and smelling the aromas of 19th century urban America. The protagonist is accidentally whisked back to the 1860s where he has to make a living -- for a while. He ends up traveling with one of America's first professional sports teams, going from from city to city to play the dirty, violent, raucous game of ... baseball? Baseball violent? Wait till youwonderful! sam gets bonked on the head, travels back in time, meets twain, plays baseball with the cincinatti red stockings, gets buff, gets laid, quits drinking, falls in love, and basically becomes a nicer person. he's lost when he zaps back to the present... but he goes back in the sequel.
Sam Fowler, a reporter with a failing marriage who is also trying to come back into the reporting game get good stories and a is a little bit of a drunk, is taken from present day San Francisco to post Civil War America of 1869 where he eventually connects with the first great professional baseball team The Cincinnati Red Stockings. Fowler does have some baseball skills that allow him to connect with the team and become part of the roster. But they are sub par to the other payers. Brock comes
Brock won me over with the many layers of his fine novel, and, as did Jack Finney with "Time and Again," he sparked my appreciation for Time Travel Historical Fiction. I enjoyed baseball as it was played by "real people," and I'm not even a current day fan. I liked the well-drawn characters and delighted in the curiosities of 19th century America. I loved the "exotic" locales of Troy and Elmira and Cincinnati, as well as the more standard San Francisco and NYC of 1869. And I even got to hang out
Piss-poor attempt at a baseball-themed version of "Time and Again". And baseball and time travel are two of my favorite things! To say the ball doesn't make it over the fence is an understatement.
This book is terrific Sports History in the form of a page-turning historical novel. The history of the origins of professional baseball is facinating. The storyline is exciting and before you know it you have had an enjoyable lesson on mid 1800's Cincinnatti, Post-Civil War America and game of baseball before fielder's gloves, bunting and curve-balls. Impecably researched, the history does not detract from a good story. If you are a sports fan, read this book!
There is a lot to like about this book. The historical research the author did is amazing and really puts the reader into the 19th century. I loved how the characters talked and the descriptions of the cities, the clothing, the transportation, and of course the ball games. There were a few things that bothered me. It seemed when Sam Fowler went back in time the characters he met did not question him as much as I thought they should have. A few times they raised eyebrows at his questions or his
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