My Life as a Fan

My Life as a Fan - Paperback

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My Life as a Fan

My Life as a Fan - Paperback

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Book Overview

by Wilfrid Sheed (Author)

In My Life as a Fan, Wilfrid Sheed shares how he arrived in this country as an English kid worried about his house being bombed and his country being invaded.

Despite initial hesitatons when landing in the U.S., Sheed becomes a typical 10-year-old baseball nut and his personal Ellis Islands becomes the ballparks of the 1940s.

Author Biography

Wilfrid Sheed is the author of six novels and a National Book Awards nominee. He lives with his wife in North Haven, New York.

Number of Pages: 224
Dimensions: 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: December 19, 1993
ISBN9780743217996
Author Wilfrid Sheed
PublisherSimon & Schuster
GenreBiography and Sports
FormatPaperback
PublishedDecember 1993
LanguageENG- English
Pages224
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Wilfrid Sheed

Wilfred Sheed is the author of six novels, two of which, Office Politics and People Will Always Be Kind, were nominated for National Book Awards. He has written three collections of criticism, one of which was nominated by the National Book Critics Circle. Among his other books is a notable memoir of Clare Boothe Luce, who told him that Irving Berlin was the vainest man she ever met and George Gershwin one of the most basically modest. He lives with his wife, Miriam Ungerer, in North Haven, New York

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