IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL: Hemingway & Chicago Baseball

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Authors & Books

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Adults, Older Adults
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Join us for an in-person/virtual program on Ernest Hemingway and his multifaceted connections to baseball. Sharon Hamilton, Ph.D., of the Society for American Baseball Research will present on Hemingway’s connection to the three championship-winning Chicago baseball teams of his youth: the Cubs, White Sox, and the Federal League Whales. We'll learn about which teams he rooted for, his experience of the 1919 Black Sox scandal, his favorite baseball players, and whether he was the first author to use the expression “off base,” meaning a mistake. The talk is co-presented by the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park and Oak Park Public Library.

 

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