The Resource The devil's snake curve : a fan's notes from left field, Josh Ostergaard
The devil's snake curve : a fan's notes from left field, Josh Ostergaard
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The item The devil's snake curve : a fan's notes from left field, Josh Ostergaard represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.
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- Summary
- "The Devil's Snake Curve offers an alternative American history, in which colonialism, jingoism, capitalism, and faith are represented by baseball. Personal and political, it twines Japanese internment camps with the Yankees; Walmart with the Kansas City Royals; and facial hair patterns with militarism, Guantanamo, and the modern security state. An essay, a miscellany, and a passionate unsettling of Josh Ostergaard's relationship with our national pastime, it allows for both the clover of a childhood outfield and the persistence of the game's service to those in power. America and baseball are both hard to love or leave in this, by turns coruscating and heartfelt, debut. Josh Ostergaard holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota and an MA in cultural anthropology. He has been an urban anthropologist at the Field Museum and now works at Graywolf Press."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 253 pages
- Contents
-
- Origins
- Machines
- War
- Animals
- Nationalism
- Umpire's rules
- Sources
- Isbn
- 9781566893459
- Label
- The devil's snake curve : a fan's notes from left field
- Title
- The devil's snake curve
- Title remainder
- a fan's notes from left field
- Statement of responsibility
- Josh Ostergaard
- Subject
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- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Baseball
- Baseball -- United States
- Baseball stories
- Baseball stories, American
- Baseball stories, American
- Culture populaire -- États-Unis
- Essays
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays
- Popular culture
- Popular culture -- United States
- Récits de base-ball américains
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball | Essays & Writings
- United States
- Historical fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The Devil's Snake Curve offers an alternative American history, in which colonialism, jingoism, capitalism, and faith are represented by baseball. Personal and political, it twines Japanese internment camps with the Yankees; Walmart with the Kansas City Royals; and facial hair patterns with militarism, Guantanamo, and the modern security state. An essay, a miscellany, and a passionate unsettling of Josh Ostergaard's relationship with our national pastime, it allows for both the clover of a childhood outfield and the persistence of the game's service to those in power. America and baseball are both hard to love or leave in this, by turns coruscating and heartfelt, debut. Josh Ostergaard holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota and an MA in cultural anthropology. He has been an urban anthropologist at the Field Museum and now works at Graywolf Press."--
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- Ostergaard, Josh
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Baseball
- Popular culture
- Baseball stories, American
- Culture populaire
- Récits de base-ball américains
- SPORTS & RECREATION
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Baseball
- Baseball stories, American
- Popular culture
- United States
- Label
- The devil's snake curve : a fan's notes from left field, Josh Ostergaard
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-253)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Origins -- Machines -- War -- Animals -- Nationalism -- Umpire's rules -- Sources
- Control code
- 858603157
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9781566893459
- Lccn
- 2013035163
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
- System control number
- (OCoLC)858603157
- Label
- The devil's snake curve : a fan's notes from left field, Josh Ostergaard
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-253)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Origins -- Machines -- War -- Animals -- Nationalism -- Umpire's rules -- Sources
- Control code
- 858603157
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9781566893459
- Lccn
- 2013035163
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
- System control number
- (OCoLC)858603157
Subject
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Baseball
- Baseball -- United States
- Baseball stories
- Baseball stories, American
- Baseball stories, American
- Culture populaire -- États-Unis
- Essays
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays
- Popular culture
- Popular culture -- United States
- Récits de base-ball américains
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball | Essays & Writings
- United States
- Historical fiction
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