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Tim Wendel

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"Summer of '68' returns to L.A., Oct. 25 & Oct. 27

October 11, 2018
Tags: 1968, 1968 World Series, Detroit Tigers, Pasadena Library, St. Louis Cardinals, Tim Wendel

Thrilled to be returning to the L.A. to discuss the "Summer of '68: The Year That Changed Baseball -- And America -- Forever.

On Thursday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m., I'll be at Villalobos Hall, Whittier College (13507 Earlham Drive, Whittier, Calif.) For more information, (562) 907-4803, (626) 791-7647, or terymar@earthlink.net

On Saturday, Oct. 27, 2 p.m., I'll be at the Allendale Branch Library (1130 S. Marengo Ave., Pasadena, Calif.) For more information, (626) 791-7647, (626) 744-7260, or terymar@earthlink.net

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Talking Titles

August 11, 2011
Tags: Willie Horton, Detroit Tigers, 1968 World Series, Bob Gibson, Denny McLain
Editing continues on the new book about the 1968 season, which will be out from Da Capo this spring.
Working titles include SUMMER OF '68: WHEN BASEBALL AND AMERICA CHANGED FOREVER.
or
SEASON ON FIRE: SPORTS, AMERICA AND THE SUMMER OF '68.
Let me know what you think.
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Manuscript Has Been Delivered

July 12, 2011
Tags: Sixty-Eight, Dr. Martin Luther King, Detroit Tigers, 1968 World Series, St. Louis Cardinals, Memphis, Mississippi
Relieved. Exhausted. Excited.
The pretty much sums up where my head is at after I turned in the manuscript for the new book, working title SIXTY-EIGHT: THE YEAR OF THE PITCHER AND WHEN SPORTS SAVED AMERICA. This will be out in Spring 2012 from Da Capo Books.
Of course, there is still much to do.  Read More 
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Walking in Memphis

June 19, 2011
Tags: Sixty-Eight, Dr. Martin Luther King, Detroit Tigers, 1968 World Series, St. Louis Cardinals, Memphis, Mississippi
Just returned from Memphis and some great interviews, including those in Dr. Martin Luther Kings's inner circle, for SIXTY-EIGHT: THE YEAR OF THE PITCHER AND WHEN SPORTS SAVED AMERICA. Along the way, I swung down to Mississippi and have now visited all 50 states.
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Preface for SIXTY-EIGHT

May 17, 2011
Tags: Sixty-Eight, Willie Horton, Detroit Tigers, 1968 World Series, Bob Gibson, Denny McLain
I always have a tough time with openings, but I've been playing with the first lines of the new one. Right now it's going something like this:
What if we could distill all that we know, what we truly believe, down to a few memorable moments, snippets of motion, short stories set in a  Read More 
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Research on SIXTY-EIGHT

May 5, 2011
Tags: Sixty-Eight, Willie Horton, Detroit Tigers, 1968 World Series
The two teams that met in the 1968 World Series -- the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals -- were among the most racially diverse institutions in the land at the time. Willie "the Wonder" Horton was among them. The Tigers' outfielder grew up in the Detroit projects and tried to stop the riots in  Read More 
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