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Tim Wendel

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Another endorsement for Summer of '68

December 27, 2011
Tags: Summer of '68, Da Capo Press, Tom Stanton
This is from my good friend and top Detroit author Tom Stanton:
"No book better captures how in 1968 sports changed America -- and vice versa. In splendid fashion, Tim Wendel takes us on a rollicking journey through an unparalleled year of tumult, tragedy and, too, joy. Summer of '68 reads like a novel brimming  Read More 
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First endorsement for Summer of '68

November 20, 2011
Tags: Summer of '68, Da Capo Press, Ken Burns
“As always, Tim Wendel gets to the heart of this game and the complicated republic it so precisely mirrors.”
-- Ken Burns
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Moving ahead on book front

November 8, 2011
Tags: Summer of '68, Da Capo Press
Just sent off the captions for the 16-pages of photos in the Summer of '68. Next up is reading the copy-edited version. Pub date is officially March 13, 2012.
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Mr. Holland's Opus

October 23, 2011
Tags: Derek Holland, Nolan Ryan, High Heat, World Series
A few summers ago, when I was in Texas researching High Heat, I spoke with Derek Holland about what it was like to have Nolan Ryan as the president of the ballclub he pitched for. What kind of influence did Ryan have, if any?

"We talk a fair amount," said Holland, who was struggling  Read More 
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RFK in Indianapolis

October 18, 2011
Tags: Dr. Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, Summer of '68, Da Capo Press

The night Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, it fell to Robert Kennedy, then running for the Democratic Party nomination for president, to tell a crowd in Indianapolis the bad news. Speaking from the heart, from little notes, he told the crowd that his family had suffered from such a tragedy. Of  Read More 

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Talking Titles -- The Choice

October 2, 2011
Tags: Summer of '68
It's official: The title of the new one is Summer of '68: When Baseball -- and America -- Changed Forever.
Tentative pub date is March 13, 2012, from Da Capo Press.
In recent weeks we've moved from final edits to securing the last of the photos.
Summer of '68 will have a larger photo signature than  Read More 
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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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Down in the Valley

July 28, 2011
Tags: Valley League, New Market Rebels

Finally made it out to see a game in the Valley League last night. It was great fun, and thanks to Austin and Charlie for letting me join them in the New Market (Va.) Rebels' broadcast "booth." I'm coming back next year for the Full Moon game.

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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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