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The Devil's Snake Curve offers an alternative American history, in which colonialism, jingoism, capitalism, and faith are represented by baseball. Personal and political, it twines Japanese internment camps with the Yankees; Walmart with the Kansas City Royals; and facial hair patterns with militarism, Guantanamo, and the modern security state. An essay, a miscellany, and a passionate unsettling of Josh Ostergaard's relationship with our national pastime, it allows for both the clover of a childhood outfield and the persistence of the game's service to those in power. America and baseball are both hard to love or leave in this by turns coruscating and heartfelt debut. Josh Ostergaard holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota and an MA in cultural anthropology. He has been an urban anthropologist at the Field Museum and now works at Graywolf Press.

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Book category Books in English Lifestyle, sport & leisure Sports & outdoor recreation Ball games

• Full title: Devil's Snake Curve
• Subtitle: A Fan's Notes From Left Field
• Author: Josh Ostergaard
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236
• EAN: 9781566893459
• ISBN: 1566893453
• ID: 04815146
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Weight: 326 g
• Dimensions: 209 × 139 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. April 2014

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