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02097aam a2200277 4500 001 767AF796170B11EEA3C6068B3DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230630010035 010 $a 2022905192 020 $a 9798985959130 040 $d SILO 100 $a Douglas, William R. 245 $a The death and resurrection of baseball : $b echoes from a distant past / $c William R. Douglas. 264 1 $a McHenry, ILL : $b Woodbridge, $c 2022 300 $a 252 p. ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a In the year 2166, a post Second Civil War America is finally back on its feet. Among the countless personal and cultural casualties of the war, the sport of baseball has been dead for over a hundred years. 12-year-0ld Joe Scott lives in the northern Illinois city of McHenry and goes exploring in the woods one day in a no man's land that a hundred years earlier was the site of the bloodiest battle of the war. While there, he discovers a relic from the distant past, from before the war. It sparks a search for its meaning. Little does he know that the wheels of Providence have been unwittingly set in motion which leads to a stunning discovery in Dyersville, Iowa. This second discovery has a direct connection with the relic found in McHenry. As events unfold, Joe finds himself at the center of the rediscovery of a sport long lost and forgotten by the ravages of time and ar. With no living person having any first-hand knowledge of the game, can he figure out the pieces of the puzzle to resurrect the game of baseball? Will his friends take to the game? What will the adults think? Soon, the answer begin to unfold and a magical sequence of events leads to an epic finale on a national stage. 650 $a Baseball $x Fiction. 650 $a Field of Dreams (location) $x Fiction. 651 $a Dyersville (Iowa) $x Fiction. 655 $a Dystopian fiction. 650 $a Young adult fiction. 650 $a Sports $x Fiction. 008 s2022 941 $a 1 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230630010847.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=767AF796170B11EEA3C6068B3DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search