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Chasing Moonlight: The True Story of Field of Dreams' Doc Graham

Full title: Chasing Moonlight: The True Story of Field of Dreams' Doc Graham
ISBN: 9780895874153
ISBN 10: 0895874156
Authors: Robert Reising
Publisher: John F. Blair Publisher
Num. pages: 236
Binding: Paperback
Language: en
Published on: 2011

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Synopsis

in chasing Moonlight, Brett Friedlander And Robert Reising Prove That Truth Is More Interesting Than Fiction. The Real-life Moonlight Graham Didn't Play Just A Half-inning For John Mcgraw's New York Giants, As Depicted In field Of Dreams. Neither Did He Retire From Baseball After His Lone Major League Appearance. Rather, He Became A Fan Favorite During A Noteworthy Professional Career, All The While Juggling Baseball With Medical Residencies.

graham's Life Apart From Baseball Was Just As Eventful. He Was A Physician Who Sat With Patients Through Epidemics And Wrote A Blood Pressure Study That Was Required Reading At Medical Schools Worldwide. But He Was Also A Failed Inventor And Small-town Character Who Built Perpetual-motion Machines And Filled His Home With Tennis Balls And Empty Oatmeal Boxes.

w. P. Kinsella Rescued Moonlight Graham From The Scrap Heap In His Novel shoeless Joe. field Of Dreams Made Him Famous. Now, chasing Moonlight Establishes Him As A Man.