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Thomas W. Gilbert tens the fascinating, true, story of baseball: how America's first great sport developed and how it conquered a nation.

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Œuvres de Thomas W. Gilbert

The Subtle Knife Graphic Novel (2021) — Illustrateur — 19 exemplaires
Pete Rose (Baseball Legends) (1995) 16 exemplaires
Bjorn le Morphir, Tome 1 : (2015) 5 exemplaires

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Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
 
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fernandie | 1 autre critique | Sep 15, 2022 |
In an exploration of the early game, Gilbert focuses on the Amateur Era, roughly 1850 - 1870, and identifies three key elements in its growth: ambition, gambling, and spectators. The railroad was also important, but no moreso than other transportation advances, like the New York canals. First, ambition. The men who played the New York game were young professionals, many of them doctors, who sought to establish a national sport as means of advancing physical fitness. Their games, unexpectedly, drew an audience willing to wager, which brought attention from others, eventually leading to enclosed grounds, paid admissions, and paid players. It was no accident, then, and no surprise that baseball succeeded where boxing and horse racing, both more spectator than participatory activities, had failed to take hold.… (plus d'informations)
 
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EverettWiggins | Dec 30, 2021 |
Mujeres de Salem es una emocionante y aterradora inmersión en el estrecho y opresivo universo de una colonia puritana en Nueva Inglaterra en el siglo XVII. Un pueblo cuyo nombre seguirá siendo infame por los juicios de las “brujas”, el oscurantismo y el fanatismo religioso. En esta reinterpretación ficcionada de los Juicios de Salem, Thomas Gilbert muestra cómo la ignorancia, el miedo y la cobardía nublan el sentido de todo un pueblo e insta a cuestionarnos sobre temas de actualidad como la xenofobia, la política de género, los extremismos políticos y religiosos. También pone el dedo en la llaga tratando el arraigo del odio en el corazón del sistema moral y judicial en las llamadas sociedades modernas y progresistas.

Con postfacio de la filósofa referente Celia Amorós titulado La cuarta ola del feminismo y páginas extras de ilustraciones y bocetos inéditos del autor.
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bibliotecayamaguchi | Oct 13, 2020 |
Last year, my partner persuaded me to start appreciating the graphic novel. You see, Stephen King’s The Dark Tower saga is his Bible, so the graphic novels of the series seemed to spring out of nowhere in my house. I still haven’t read those but I found a new love for the genre and after a couple of really successful efforts, I was hooked. Now I try to find (and devour) quality graphic novels with a newly acquired confidence. This one seemed perfect. The Salem Trials is one of my favorite topics and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is one of my most beloved plays, the 1996 film version with Daniel Day-Lewis as John Proctor is one of the best films ever made and I had the fortune to watch the role revived by Richard Armitage at the Old Vic in 2014, a truly profound experience. So, my anticipation was immense.

What I found was an abomination in every sense of the word…

The ‘’writer’’ creates an Author’s Note to informs us that he has taken some ‘’liberties’’ with the ‘’material’’ (because according to him, History is ‘’material’’). He goes on to compare himself to Arthur Miller and this continues for two paragraphs...So, imagine me reading this...Comparing yourself to Miller? We don’t start well, dear ‘’writer’’. In addition, the fact that you’re warning me is worrying. Honest but worrying.

Sneak peek: (''Hey, Abigail. Wait up!'' If this isn't absolutely, totally faithful 1690's dialogue, I don't know what is...)

I won’t tire you. Tell me if you had ever imagined that you would find the phrase ‘’it’s so cute’’ in the USA during the 1690s. No, I didn’t think so. The illustrations are horrible. I mean, they are out of this world ugly, the depictions of the characters and the landscape are unnatural, tasteless. The violence approaches the boundaries of torcher porn and there is an utterly absurd focus on sex. This is a violent adolescent’s wet dream, not the story of the Salem Trials. With the pitiful excuse of bringing women’s persecution over the centuries into focus, the ‘’writer’’ creates a...thing that makes you wish you couldn’t read. A horrible rendition, retelling, you name it, of a terrifying moment that produced a masterpiece.

Congratulations, ‘’writer’’. You managed to turn a fascinating story into a bloodfested, sex-crazed B-movie. You need some kind of a prize for this. NOT. It would be better if ignorants didn’t touch what they cannot understand and respect. This was out of that man’s (restricted) league and it showed. Horribly.

ARC from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

My reviews can also be found on https://theopinionatedreaderblog.wordpress.com
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AmaliaGavea | 1 autre critique | Mar 4, 2019 |

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Œuvres
36
Membres
225
Popularité
#99,815
Évaluation
½ 3.7
Critiques
5
ISBN
47
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