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Authors: Dan Gutman

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The author would like to acknowledge the following for use of photographs and artwork:

 

Nina Wallace: x, 126; Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, O.H.: 54; George Brace: 105, 115, 117; National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.: 107, 108, 110, 118.

Special thanks to the following people for all their help: Bill Francis and Bill Burdick at the National Baseball Hall of Fame; Mark Alvarez and David Pietrusza of The Society for American Baseball Research; Jake Hamlin and Lester Erwin of The Shoeless Joe Jackson Society; Cynthia Keller of the Cincinnati Museum Center; Dr. Jonathan Cohen and Dr. Scott Kolander; Gina Kolata; Mary Brace; Allen Barra; and my wife, Nina Wallace, for her wonderful artwork.

 

Many thanks also to the great people I met at the schools I visited in 2000:

In New Jersey: Union Street School in Margate, Moorestown Middle School in Moorestown, Crescent School in Waldwick, Harrington Park School in Harrington Park, Churchill School in Fairfield, Bellmawr Park School in Bellmawr, Costello School in Brooklawn, Neeta School in Medford Lakes, Allen School
in Medford, Simmons School in Clayton, Lore School in Ewing, Somerville School in Ridgewood, Central Middle School in Parsippany, Rockaway Valley School in Boonton Township, Durand School in Vineland, Bedminster School in Bedminster, Warnsdorfer School in East Brunswick, Central School in Warren, Green-Fields School in West Deptford, Logan School in Swedesboro, Tatem School in Haddonfield, Central School in East Brunswick, Wantage School in Sussex, North Boulevard School in Pompton Plains, Haviland Avenue School in Audubon, Gregory School in West Orange, Avalon School in Avalon, and Yavneh Academy in Paramus.

In Texas: Willow Creek, Lakewood, Tomball Elementary, and Tomball Intermediate in Tomball; Felix Tijerina School in Houston; Stephens School in Aldine; Ride, Bush, Powell, Galatas, Hailey, and Collins schools in The Woodlands; Forman and Wells schools in Plano; Miller School in Richardson; Pinkerton, Mockingbird, Cottonwood, North Middle, Denton Creek, Lakeside, Austin, St. John's, Lee, Valley Ranch, Wilson, West Middle, Town Center, and East Middle schools in Coppell; Greenhill School in Addison; and West Memorial, Hutsell, Nottingham, Pattison, Mayde Creek, Winborn, and Wolfe schools in Katy.

In Oklahoma: Bishop John Carroll, Oakdale, Wiley Post, Rollingwood, Downs, Will Rogers, Harvest Hills, Dennis, Kirkland, Tulakes, Hefner, Cooper, Overholser, Central Intermediate, and Western Oaks Middle School in Oklahoma City; Sequoyah and Cimarron middle schools in Edmond; Jenks East School in Jenks; and Darnaby School in Tulsa.

In Pennsylvania: Selinsgrove Intermediate in Selinsgrove; Calypso, Clearview, and Fountain Hill schools in Bethlehem; New Cumberland School in New Cumberland; Allen and Camp Hill schools in Camp Hill; Crossroads School in Lewisberry; Lemoyne School in Lemoyne; Eagle View and Good Hope schools in Mechanicsburg; Big Spring School in Newville; Wilson School in Carlisle; East Pennsboro School in Enola; Garwood Middle School in Fairview; and Erie Day School in Erie.

In New York: Chapel and Bronxville schools in Bronxville; Lakeview School in Mahopac; Meadow Pond School in South Salem; Lewisboro School in Lewisboro; and Baker, Kennedy, and Lakeville schools in Great Neck.

In Connecticut: Hopewell and Buttonball schools in South Glastonbury; West, East, and South schools in New Canaan; and Ox Ridge and Holmes schools in Darien.

In Iowa: Twain and Jefferson schools in Bettendorf; St. Paul's School in Davenport; and Mulberry, West, Colorado, Grant, McKinley, Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, Hayes, and Central middle schools in Muscatine.

In South Carolina: East End, Greenwood High, Merrywood, Mathews, Oakland, Pinecrest, Hodges, Lakeview, and Ware Shoals schools in Greenwood.

In Illinois: Crone and Gregory middle schools in Naperville and Granger Middle School in Aurora.

In Florida: Shorecrest School in St. Petersburg and St. Mary's and Berkeley schools in Tampa.

In Delaware: North Georgetown School in Georgetown and East Millsboro School in Millsboro.

About the Author

DAN GUTMAN
is the author of many books for young readers, including four other Baseball Card Adventures:
HONUS & ME, JACKIE & ME, BABE & ME,
and
MICKEY & ME
. When he is not writing books, Dan is very often visiting a school. He lives in Haddonfield, New Jersey, with his wife, Nina, and their children, Sam and Emma.

You can visit him at his website
www.dangutman.com

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Praise

A triple-header for
Dan Gutman's
Baseball Card Adventures!

Praise for
HONUS & ME
:

“An enjoyable escape into another decade.”

—
School Library Journal

“This novel hits at least a triple!”

—
Publishers Weekly

Praise for
JACKIE & ME
:

“Fans of America's favorite pastime will particularly appreciate the details and some of the descriptions of some great games, including the 1947 World Series.”

—
School Library Journal

“Dan Gutman has devised a wonderful mechanism for teaching social history while telling a great tale.”

—
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Praise for
BABE & ME
:

“Readers will enjoy the action, the rich baseball lore, and the sense of adventure.”

—ALA
Booklist

“The book convincingly captures Babe's oversized personality.”

—
The Horn Book

Also by Dan Gutman

The Kid Who Ran for President

Honus & Me

Jackie & Me

Babe & Me

Mickey & Me

The Million Dollar Shot

The Kid Who Became President

Johnny Hangtime

The Secret Life of Dr. Demented

The Million Dollar Kick

Credits

Cover art © 2002 by Steve Chorney

Cover © 2003 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc.

SHOELESS JOE & ME
. Copyright © 2002 by Dan Gutman. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

EPub © Edition OCTOBER 2008 ISBN: 9780061973567

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