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A Ticket for a Seamstitch (Bison Paperbacks) Paperback – April 1, 1985

by Mark Harris (Author)
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This is the third novel narrated by Henry Wiggen, a six-foot three-inch, 195-pound, left-handed pitcher for the New York Mammoths. Henry, who began as a rookie in The Southpaw and developed into a pro in Bang the Drum Slowly, is a mature veteran in A Ticket for a Seamstitch.

 

A seamstress from "somewhere out West" writes to Henry, her hero, that she will be in New York to watch the Mammoths play on the Fourth of July. When she arrives in New York, both the married Henry and his pal, the very unmarried Thurston "Piney" Woods, are at a loss as to what to do with their visitor. The two men finally do the decent thing: they take the seamstress to the automat for dinner. In so doing, they both learn some things worth knowing, although the distraction undoubtedly affects their performance in the big game.

 

In the essay "Easy Does It Not" Mark Harris describes the origins of this wonderfully comic novel.
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    April 1, 1985
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    0803272243
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0803272248
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"Mr. Harris' vernacular novel . . . is very alive and funny and does not suffer from being in anyone's shadow."-J. P Sisk, Commonweal

"Provoke[s] the sort of laughter that a grown man needn't be ashamed of, and that, as current fiction goes, is saying a great deal. The story is . . . deftly and divertingly told."—Donald Malcolm, New Republic

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bison Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 1, 1985
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 143 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0803272243
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0803272248
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.29 x 0.39 x 7.9 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #1,673,509 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars (8)

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  • Carra R Lane
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Small Gem among the Wiggens Novels
    Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2000
    Format: Paperback
    "A Ticket for a Seamstitch" is beautiful & sage beyond measure, one of the finest long novellas (or very short novels) written in English last century. Just a little baseball, really. The Southpaw goes 15-2 at the beginning of the 1956 season, but this book is a tour de force for Henry "Author" Wiggens, human being, & a plain mysterious young woman from the West. Mark Harris can write about the qualities of straightness & decency with abiding grace. Praise to the University of Nebraska Press (Bison Books) for keeping this & other Harris tales in print.
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  • MeMitch
    4.0 out of 5 stars 7th Inning Stretch
    Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2012
    Format: Paperback
    The third novel of four in the series, coming on the heels of the beautiful, but sad Bang the Drum Slowly. A Ticket for a Seamstich is lighter, more fun, and very well crafted. It's also another addition to the Henry Wiggins story. It's a short book, and blends two stories that occur simultaneously, in a shorter span of time than the previous books. But, that short length does not make it a lesser edition. A great baseball book, but extensive baseball knowledge is not required. The preface is an out-of-the-blue rant by Harris about lesser writing. Then, the book demonstrates superior writing. I have to admit the preface has stuck with me. I'm a more critical reader.
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  • Kayson
    2.0 out of 5 stars An odd little digression not on par with the other Wiggen novels
    Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2016
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    As others have noted, this proved to be the weakest entry in the Southpaw quartet. It reads awkwardly and has a contrived plot that's a pallid reflection of Harris' ongoing themes about maturity, manhood and mortality. If you're an OC reader like me driven to complete every Henry Wiggen installment, save this one for those few fuzzy minutes before you fall asleep at night. You might not remember much and it won't matter. The good news is, your next and final read will be the deeply moving "It Looked Like For Ever."
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