Dirty rice
Subtitle: a season in the Evangeline League
By: a novel by Gerald Duff
Series: Louisiana writers series
Publisher: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press; Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette; University of Louisiana
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lafayette, La
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781935754138
Subjects: Minor league baseball; Fiction
Description: "In the midst of the Great Depression, minor league baseball thrives in small-town South Louisiana, where the Evangeline League, named in honor of Longfellow?s heroine, draws hundreds to dirt fields and grandstands in places like Jeanerette, Abbeville, and Opelousas. In 1935 Gemar Batiste, a talented young pitcher from Texas, is recruited to try out for the Rayne Rice Birds, makes the roster, and immediately begins garnering fame for himself, his team, and the league"--Cover page 4.