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User Review - etinoco375 - LibraryThingSaw the movie many years ago, just picked up the book. Quick read. Story about a minor league team and its cast of characters. Led by a player manager, Stud Cantrell, the team flourishes in the Florida-Alabama D baseball league. Read full review
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User Review - AliceAnna - LibraryThingIt's hard for me to honestly judge this book on its own merits because I kept thinking of the HBO movie version. But I really, really did like it. Simple just like baseball. You hit the ball as hard as you can and you run like hell. That is poetry to my ears. Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Long Gone: A Novel |
| Author | Paul Hemphill |
| Publisher | Viking Press, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Aug 23, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0670437883, 9780670437887 |
| Length | 213 pages |
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