Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams
A Library of America Special Publication
Library of America · Print & ebook · April 29, 2010
On September 28, 1960—a day that will live forever in the hearts of fans—Red Sox slugger Ted Williams stepped up to the plate for his last at-bat in Fenway Park.
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- Who it’s for
- Updike brings a novelist’s eye to Ted Williams’s final Fenway at-bat and larger baseball life.
- Themes
- Ted Williams's baseball career, A celebrated final game
- Genres
- Baseball Essays, Sports Lives, Baseball History
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On September 28, 1960—a day that will live forever in the hearts of fans—Red Sox slugger Ted Williams stepped up to the plate for his last at-bat in Fenway Park. Seizing the occasion, he belted a solo home run—a storybook ending to a storied career. In the stands that afternoon was twenty-eight-year-old John Updike, inspired by the moment to make his lone venture into the field of sports reporting.
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More than just a matchless account of that fabled final game, Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu is a brilliant evocation of Williams’ entire tumultuous life in baseball. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of the dramatic exit of baseball’s greatest hitter, The Library of America presents a commemorative edition of Hub Fans, prepared by the author just months before his death. To the classic final version of the essay, long out-of-print, Updike added an autobiographical preface and a substantial new afterword.
Baseball, Closely Watched
Updike brings a novelist’s eye to Ted Williams’s final Fenway at-bat and larger baseball life.
Come here for
- A celebrated final game seen from the stands
- A writer’s portrait of a singular baseball career
Expect
- The classic essay, with Updike’s autobiographical preface and afterword
- Sports reporting attentive to both the moment and its meaning
Where it sits
| Sports Lives | 81% |
|---|---|
| Baseball Essays | 74% |
| Baseball History | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sports Lives
- Baseball Essays
- Baseball History
- Authors
- John Updike
- Publisher
- Library of America
- Published
- April 29, 2010
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Ted Williams's baseball career · A celebrated final game
- Reading lane
- Sports Lives