Shoeless Joe -- W. P. Kinsella, Paperback

The inspiration for the beloved film Field of Dreams, Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella is the story about the beauty and history of baseball, and the power and endurance of a dream.

"A moonlit novel about baseball, dreams, family, the land, and literature.--Sports Illustrated

"If you build it, he will come." These mysterious words, spoken by an Iowa baseball announcer, inspire Ray Kinsella to carve a baseball diamond in his cornfield in honor of his hero, the baseball legend Shoeless Joe Jackson. What follows is both a rich, nostalgic look at one of our most cherished national pastimes and a remarkable story about fathers and sons, love and family, and the inimitable joy of finding your way home.

Author: W. P. Kinsella
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 04/28/1999
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780395957738

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.2
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 73771 / Shoeless Joe


Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 09/04/2015 pg. 44

About the Author
W. P. Kinsella (1935-2016) was the author of numerous works of fiction, including the best-selling Shoeless Joe, for which he won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship, The Iowa Baseball Confederacy, and eleven highly acclaimed short story collections.