Books like Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella
The story revolves around the life of Ray Kinsella, an Iowa farmer who, while tending to his corn fields, decides to build a baseball stadium to honor his idol, the shoeless Joe Jackson. Ray's vision of the stadium becomes a reality, and the story chronicles the journey of a man driven by passion and dreams to make something of himself.
First publish date: 1982
Genre: Food, Sports & Hobbies/Sports
Authors: W. P. Kinsella
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