For Love of the Game
The cult classic baseball novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Killer Angels" is now a major motion picture starring Kevin Costner. The book features a special Introduction by Shaara's son, Jeff, who wrote the bestsellers "Gods and Generals" and "The Last Full Measure, " continuing the story of "The Killer Angels." Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
BASEBALL PLAYERS_FICTIONFICTION_SPORTS
RELEASED1992
PUBLISHERAvalon Publishing
LENGTH160
LANGUAGEEN
Michael Shaara (June 23, 1928 – May 5, 1988) was an American author of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction. He was born to an Italian immigrant father (the family name was originally spelled Sciarra, which in Italian is pronounced in a similar way) in Jersey City, New Jersey, graduated in 1951 from Rutgers University, where he joined Theta Chi, and served as a sergeant in the 82nd Airborne Division prior to the Korean War. Before Shaara began selling science fiction stories to fiction magazines during the 1950s, he was an amateur boxer and police officer. He later taught literature at Florida State University while continuing to write fiction. The stress of this and his cigarette smoking caused him, at the early age of 36, to have a heart attack, from which he recovered completely. His novel about the Battle of Gettysburg, The Killer Angels, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. Shaara died of a heart attack in 1988 aged fifty-nine. Shaara's children, Jeffrey and Lila, are also novelists. In 1997, Jeffrey Shaara established the annual *Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction*, awarded at Gettysburg College. **Source**: [Michael Shaara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shaara) on Wikipedia.
For Love of the Game
The cult classic baseball novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Killer Angels" is now a major motion picture starring Kevin Costner. The book features a special Introduction by Shaara's son, Jeff, who wrote the bestsellers "Gods and Generals" and "The Last Full Measure, " continuing the story of "The Killer Angels." Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
BASEBALL PLAYERS_FICTIONFICTION_SPORTS
RELEASED1992
PUBLISHERAvalon Publishing
LENGTH160
LANGUAGEEN
Michael Shaara (June 23, 1928 – May 5, 1988) was an American author of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction. He was born to an Italian immigrant father (the family name was originally spelled Sciarra, which in Italian is pronounced in a similar way) in Jersey City, New Jersey, graduated in 1951 from Rutgers University, where he joined Theta Chi, and served as a sergeant in the 82nd Airborne Division prior to the Korean War. Before Shaara began selling science fiction stories to fiction magazines during the 1950s, he was an amateur boxer and police officer. He later taught literature at Florida State University while continuing to write fiction. The stress of this and his cigarette smoking caused him, at the early age of 36, to have a heart attack, from which he recovered completely. His novel about the Battle of Gettysburg, The Killer Angels, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. Shaara died of a heart attack in 1988 aged fifty-nine. Shaara's children, Jeffrey and Lila, are also novelists. In 1997, Jeffrey Shaara established the annual *Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction*, awarded at Gettysburg College. **Source**: [Michael Shaara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shaara) on Wikipedia.
