Kinsella, W. P

An Iowa farmer builds a baseball stadium in his cornfield, hoping his hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson, will play in it.

Collection of short stories, including "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa," "A Picture of the Virgin," and "First Names and Empty Pockets.".

Winner of a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship award. An Iowa insurance agent turned farmer builds a baseball stadium in his cornfield hoping his hero, Shoeless Joe will play in it.

"If you build it, he will com.e" The mysterious words of an Iowa baseball announcer lead Ray Kinsella to carve a baseball diamond in his cornfield in honor of his hero, the baseball legend Shoeless Joe Jackson.

Presents nine short stories from the dugouts and clubhouses of baseball that represent some of the relationships and happenings of those involved in the game.

An Iowa farmer builds a baseball stadium in his cornfield, hoping his hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson, will play in it.

Mike Houle's career as a college all-star baseball player is on the skids until his agent offers him a second chance in the Iowa Cornbelt League, but when Mike is lured to the town of Grand Mound, he begins to suspect baseball isn't the only thing on the citizens' mind.