num_pages: 272
description: The first two decades of the twentieth century were a time of promise and innocence in America. Hardworking immigrants could achieve the American dream; heroes were truly heroic. Eric Rolfe Greenberg brilliantly and authentically chronicles the real-life saga of the first national baseball hero, Christy Mathewson, and the fictional story of a Jewish immigrant family of jewelers. In these pages Mathewson and other great players like John McGraw, Honus Wagner, and Connie Mack discover the realities behind the shining the burdens of being a hero and the temptations that taint success. 
language: English
title: The Celebrant
titlecomplete: The Celebrant
genres: Sports, Novels, Baseball, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 485
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Casey Award
publisher: Bison Books