The Works of James Reston, Jr. 1971 to 2021
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      • A Rift in the Earth
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      • The Amnesty of John David Henderson
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      • The Last Apocalypse
      • Galileo
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      • The Accidental Victim
      • The Conviction of Richard Nixon
      • Collision at Home Plate
      • Lone Star
      • Our Father Who Art in Hell
      • The Innocence of Joan Little
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      • Fragile Innocence
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Collision at Home Plate

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Published in 1991, Collision at Home Plate is a dual biography of Pete Rose, an uncouth but great ballplayer who suffered disgrace and imprisonment, and Bart Giamatti, the baseball commissioner so deeply shaken and bruised by the Rose scandal that he died a week after it was made public. This is the definitive book on one of the most traumatic and tragic episodes in baseball history.

"A collision indeed--an atomic explosion of sorts---as intelligence, grace, and arrogance (Giamatti) meets stupidity, sweat, and arrogance (Rose) with fallout that will affect the world of baseball for decades to come." --Kirkus Reviews

"[Reston's book] touches on some of the great themes of literature---love, waste, regret." --George Will, New York Review of Books

"Reston is a wonderful writer, and the book is a joy to read." --Red Barber

"An uncommonly intelligent book about two fascinating, uncommon (if flawed) men." --Chicago Tribune

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The book can be found on Amazon.


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