A quirky tale of baseball and fantasy, blending unusual events in Iowa with a mysterious game. A reflective, slow-paced summer read.
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A quirky tale of baseball and fantasy, blending unusual events in Iowa with a mysterious game. A reflective, slow-paced summer read.
Gideon Clarke is a man on a quest. He is out to prove to the world, as his father tried before him, that the world-champion Chicago Cubs traveled to Onamata, Iowa, in the summer of 1908 for an exhibition game against all-stars from the Iowa Baseball Confederacy, an amateur league. The game, which was to be short, pleasant, and, the Cubs thought, one-sided, turned into a titanic battle of over two thousand innings, played mostly in the pouring rain. This game is not on the record books. No one re...
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No sexual content depicted.
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No substance use depicted.
No LGBTQIA+ representation present.
Minor religious references, such as mentions of a church.
No witchcraft or occult themes present.
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No political or ideological messaging noted.
No self-harm or suicide themes present.
No abuse or suffering themes present.
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