Title: The powers : a novel /
Authors: Sayers, Valerie
Publisher: Northwestern University Press,
Year: 2013
Subjects: DiMaggio, Joe, Fiction.; Baseball players United States Fiction.; Baseball stories; World War, 1939-1945 United States Fiction; Baseball stories United States.
Abstract: "1941 is a year of drama and spectacle for Americans. Joe DiMaggio's record-breaking hitting streak enlivens the summer, and winter begins with the shock and horror of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The news from Europe is bleak, especially for the Jewish population. Joltin' Joe, possessing a sweet swing and range in center, also has another gift: he can see the future. And he sees dark times ahead. In her inventive illustrated novel ... Sayers transports the reader to an age filled with giants: Dorothy Day and Walker Evans appear beside DiMaggio. The problems they face, from Catholic antisemitism to the challenge of pacifism in the face of overwhelming evil, play out in very public media, like the photography of Evans and Yankees baseball on the field"--From publisher description.