Description

Significantly more than the motivation for the precious movie Field of Dreams, Shoeless Joe is just a mythological book about “dreams, miracle, lifestyle, and what's quintessentially American” (Philadelphia Inquirer).   “If you build it, he'll come.” These mystical words, spoken by an Iowa baseball announcer, encourage Ray Kinsella to define a baseball diamond in his cornfield honoring his idol, the baseball legend Shoeless Joe Jackson. Below is both a rich, timeless look at among our most beloved national hobbies and an amazing story about fathers and daughters, family and love, and the joy of finding the right path home.