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Staudohar, Paul D., ed. Sports best short stories.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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From: Kliatt
Date: 20040301
Author:Adamich, Tom

Chicago Review Press. 433p. c2001. 1-55652-484-6. $16.95. SA

Paul Staudohar had done an admirable job of collecting stories from such famous fiction writers as Ellery Queen, P.G. Wodehouse, Jack London, and others. The selections often reflect the time period in which they were written. For example, "Hurry Kane" by Ring Lardner gives readers a taste of baseball's early years, in the Victorian era. My favorite story in the collection, "The Swimmer" by John Cheever, reflects the changing social conventions of the 1960s and 1970s as a man takes a surreal long-distance swim from ...

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