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Jordan is the author of eleven books and a regular contributor to many periodicals. Jordan's work has been included in Best American Sports Writing eight times, the Best American Mystery Stories, Best American Crime Writing, Best American Essays, and the Norton Anthology of World Literature.
Apr 19, 2016 · Pat Jordan is a sportswriter and novelist who wrote about his failed baseball career in the minor leagues. A False Spring is a critically acclaimed book that explores his talent, dreams, and disappointments in America's pastime.
- Pat Jordan
- Open Road Media, 2016
- 1504033647, 9781504033640
- A False Spring: A Memoir
Pat Jordan (17 July 1928 – 1 September 2001) was a British Trotskyist who was central to founding the International Marxist Group. Jordan was born in Chelsea, London, the son of an electrical engineer. On 21 October 1950 he married Leonora May Comrie, but the marriage was annulled in 1958 and she went on to marry Rodney Kay-Kreizman.
Apr 22, 2022 · So begins My Father’s A Memoir, by Pat Jordan, the octogenarian former pro baseball prospect—considered for a time to be one of the hardest throwing pitchers in the minor leagues—who later became an award-winning sportswriter.
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Pat Jordan's haunting depiction of a bonus baby's four year bus ride to limbo, from a cocky, fireballing high school senior to a washed up never was, playing out the string in the lowest rung of the Milwaukee Braves' minor league chain.
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Pat Jordan is a writer of sports, crime, and memoir books. Browse his works, ratings, reviews, and shelving on Goodreads.
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Eloquent, honest, and delightfully bawdy, A Nice Tuesday is the sequel to Jordan’s acclaimed memoir, A False Spring, and the unforgettable chronicle of a sports comeback unlike any...
