Ebook: Fall From Grace: The Truth and Tragedy of ''Shoeless Joe'' Jackson

The life of the legendary Chicago Black Sox outfielder is told in a haunting portrait of one of the games most controversial and complex figures (David Nemec, author ofThe Great Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball). Considered by Ty Cobb as the finest natural hitter in the history of the game, Shoeless Joe Jackson is ranked with the greatest players to ever step onto a baseball diamond. With his awesome talent for every aspect of baseball, the man from Pickens County, South Carolina, was destined to become one of the greatest players in the sports history... until the Black Sox scandal of 1919, in which Jackson and his teammates were accused of taking money to throw the World Series. And while many have sympathized with Jacksons ban from baseball, not much is truly known about the quiet slugger. Whether he participated in the throwing of the World Series or not, he is still considered one of the games best, and many have fought for his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. This engaging biography of a different era in Chicago baseball history tells the story of the incredible life of Joseph Jefferson Jackson (Illinois Times). Following his journey from a mill boy to a baseball icon, author Tim Hornbaker depicts the rise and fall of Shoeless Joe, offering an insiders view of baseballs Deadball Eraincluding Jacksons personal thoughts on the Black Sox scandal, which has never been covered before.