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THE GAME IS EASY - LIFE IS HARD:  The Story of Ferguson Jenkins Jr.

THE GAME IS EASY - LIFE IS HARD: The Story of Ferguson Jenkins Jr.

THE GAME IS EASY - LIFE IS HARD:  The Story of Ferguson Jenkins Jr.

THE GAME IS EASY - LIFE IS HARD: The Story of Ferguson Jenkins Jr.

by Turcotte, Dorothy (re: Fergie Jenkins)

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
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Near Fine/Near Fine
ISBN 10
0968960901
ISBN 13
9780968960905
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Grimsby, Ontario: The Fergie Jenkins Foundation, 2002. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Subject. First Edition. 8vo. 201 pp. followed by a series of black and white and colour plates. Signed by Ferguson Jenkins on the half-title page. Black cloth decorated in gilt on the front panel; lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated endpapers; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the subject's signature, no interior markings. The Contents are: Introduction; The First Dream; The Adelaide Street Gang; Turning Point; Off to the Minor Leagues; Southern Nights; Latin American Here I Come; Chattanooga Choo Choo; The Big Leagues at Last; Wrigley Field; Chew Chew Chew that Chewing Gum; Leo the Lip; A Change of Scene; The Buffalo Head Gang; The Cy Young Award; The Accolades Continue; The Harlem Globetrotters; National Baseball Hall of Fame; More Honours to Come; Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; Walk of Fame; The Second Dream; Some Dreams Don't Last; The Worm in the Apple; The Third Dream; The Game Is Easy Life Is Hard; What Makes a Winner; What Does a HOF Pitcher do in Retirement; and What the Future Holds; followed by: A Lifetime of Achievement; Fergie's Diamond Memories; and an index..

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Bookseller
W. Fraser Sandercombe CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
220515
Title
THE GAME IS EASY - LIFE IS HARD: The Story of Ferguson Jenkins Jr.
Author
Turcotte, Dorothy (re: Fergie Jenkins)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0968960901
ISBN 13
9780968960905
Publisher
The Fergie Jenkins Foundation
Place of Publication
Grimsby, Ontario
Date Published
2002
Size
8vo
Keywords
chicago cubs; major league baseball; order of canada; black studies; civil rights;
Bookseller catalogs
Sports - Baseball;

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