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Publication date:
23 September 2002Length of book:
200 pagesPublisher
Taylor Trade PublishingISBN-13: 9781461709022
More than three decades ago, the film Field of Dreams made grown men cry with its tale of a son's quest to know his father through the magic of baseball. The mystical baseball field of that movie continues to attract thousands of visitors and here is the story of a make-believe place made real, its incredible lure, and its effect on the people who have stepped between its chalk lines.
The hit movie appealed to Mandel immediately for its themes of redemption, its look at baseball and for unleashing feelings of hope which reside in us all. Mandel finds fathers reconnecting with sons at the site; he sees the final trip for an aging man and his family; and he meets tourists from all around Iowa, Chicago, and get this, Japan. The people who read this are charmed by the stories and they come away feeling Iowa is some special place.