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01981cam a2200361ua 4500 |
CONTROL NUMBER |
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000041786490 |
CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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CaOOAMICUS |
DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20130529 .0 |
FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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120608s2013 nyuafb 001 0 eng d |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780452299016 (pbk.) |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0452299012 (pbk.) |
CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
CaOW |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
n-us--- |
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
GV865.D46 |
Item number |
A3 2013 |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
796.357092 DIC |
AUTHOR NAME |
AUTHOR NAME |
Dickey, R. A. |
TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Wherever I wind up : |
Remainder of title |
my quest for truth, authenticity, and the perfect knuckleball / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
R. A. Dickey with Wayne Coffey. |
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Blue Rider Press, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2013. |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
354 p., [16] p. of plates : |
Other physical details |
ill. (some col.) ; |
Dimensions |
24 cm. |
GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
"With a new epilogue."--Cover. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Prologue : The worst night I ever had -- Plastic spoon -- Summer of '83 -- Faith on Walnut -- The wolf of Green Hills -- Volunteering for duty -- Cover story -- The lone ranger -- Minor achievement -- Showtime -- Requiem for my fastball -- Redhawk redux -- The world according to Charlie -- Knuckleballer non grata -- The bottom -- Into the Missouri -- Sounds of the moment -- Rule five surprise -- Getting my Phil -- Citi dweller -- Fingernails in Flushing -- Unbroken moments. |
SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
"A memoir written by baseball pitcher R.A. Dickey"-- |
SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
A personal account about the author's unlikely journey to the big leagues describes how his athletic dream was destroyed by medical findings and how he was sustained by his Christian faith and the love of his family before emerging as a National League premier pitcher. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Baseball players |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Pitchers (Baseball) |
ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Coffey, Wayne R. |
ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Koha item type |
01. English Non Fiction |