Alison Gordon (1943–2015)
Autor von The Dead Pull Hitter
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Gordon, Alison
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- Gordon, Alison
- Geburtstag
- 1943
- Todestag
- 2015-02-12
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- Canada
- Wohnorte
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Berufe
- Sports reporter
- Beziehungen
- Connor, Ralph (grandfather)
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Like the author, protagonist Kate Henry is a sports reporter covering that wonderful game. There's a great plot and super realism about both journalism and baseball. Alison Golden's background makes this her niche! Golden was a Canadian journalist and writer who was the first woman on the baseball beat in the Major Leagues. She was a trailblazer in the field of sports journalism, covering the Toronto Blue Jays for the Toronto Star for five years. Sadly, Golden died in 2015, leaving behind only five titles in the Kate Henry series. I shall have to space them out and savour them.
I had a wonderful time reading The Dead Pull Hitter and even learned a couple of things I didn't know about the game.… (mehr)