Drama and Pride in the
Gateway City by John Harry Stahl and Bill Nowlin in Redbird Rants
“Without the Philadelphia Phillies‘ epic collapse and the Cardinals epic comeback to win nearly a dozen games, there would have likely been a 3-team playoff between the Cardinals, Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds. Had that happened, we might or might not be celebrating the 1964 World Series 50th anniversary in 2014. More importantly, this book would not be sitting on your bookshelf–which it should anyway.”
-Daniel Solzman
So Far, So Good by
Ralph Salisbury in the Minneapolis Star
Tribune
“Like a grandfatherly storyteller, Salisbury takes readers on tangents that are, initially, jarring. It doesn’t take long, though, to fall into the pleasant role of rapt listener.”
-Elizabeth Wilkinson
Conspiracy of Silence
by Chris Lamb in C70 at the Bat
“Chris Lamb does an excellent job of laying out all the players, showing them for their faults and credits, and pointing out how their work laid–or fought–the groundwork for Robinson’s debut.”
-CARDINAL70
Upton Sinclair by Lauren
Coodley in Publishers Weekly
“Coodley’s biography should renew interest in the works of this passionate writer.”
–PW
Domesticated Wild
Things by Xhenet Aliu in Publishers Weekly
“Humorous and vibrant, Aliu’s characters do not always reach the heights they desire, but they never lose their resilience.”
-PW
Death Zones & Darling
Spies by Beverly Deepe Keever in the Lincoln
Journal Star
“Keever is an excellent storyteller...”
–Carolyn Johnsen
The X-15 Rocket Plane
by Michelle Evans in The Space Review
“The X-15 Rocket Plane is an engaging account of America’s push into space before pilots became astronauts, and America began a new era of exploration beyond the Earth to the Moon.”
-Anthony Young
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