Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams by John Updike

Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams by John Updike

On September 28, 1960—a day that will live forever in the hearts of fans—Red Sox slugger Ted Williams stepped up to the plate for his last at-bat in Fenway Park. Seizing the occasion, he belted a solo home run—a storybook ending to a storied career. In the stands that afternoon was twenty-eight-year-old John Updike, inspired by the moment to make his lone venture into the field of sports reporting. More than just a matchless account of that fabled final game, Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu is a brilliant evocation of Williams’ entire tumultuous life in baseball. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of the dramatic exit of baseball’s greatest hitter, The Library of America presents a commemorative edition of Hub Fans, prepared by the author just months before his death. To the classic final version of the essay, long out-of-print, Updike added an autobiographical preface and a substantial new afterword.

John Updike (1932–2009) was born in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954, and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker. He is the author of more than sixty books, including collections of short stories, poems, essays, and criticism. His novels won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle, and the Howells Medal, among other honors.

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ISBN 13	9781598530711
ISBN 10	1598530712
Title	Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams
Author	John Updike
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	The Library of America
Year published	2010-04-29
Number of pages	64
Prizes	Commended for IndieFab awards (Sports) 2010
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.