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Bearing W.P. Kinsella's trademark combination of sweet-natured prose and a richly imagined world (Philadelphia Inquirer), The Iowa Baseball Confederacy tells the story of Gideon Clark, a man on a quest. He is out to prove to the world that the indomitable Chicago Cubs traveled... Read Full Overview

From the author of the best-selling Shoeless Joe, the novel that inspired the movie Field of Dreams

Gideon Clarke is out to prove to anyone who will listen, that the champion Chicago Cubs actually traveled to Onamta, Iowa, in the summer of 1908 for an exhibition game against the all-stars from the Iowa Baseball Confederacy that lasted 2,000 incredible innings in the rain. No... Read Full Overview