BART: A Life of A. Bartlett Giamatti

by Anthony Valerio, Robert Brower

BART "brims over with examples of Bart Giamatti's eloquence. It contains, as well, quotations about Giamatti from his colleagues in both academia and baseball, and from people familiar with his life from his earliest days growing up in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where Dante and baseball were topics of conversation around the family dinner table. BART contains a wealth of images associated with Giamatti's life ranging from a photograph of the gas station where Holyoke men and boys gathered to listen to the Red Sox games to a sampling of Italian art works and photography associated with his scholarly pursuits...a deft and balanced selection."--Yale Magazine, 1991 "A wonderful read."--Larry King, USA Today "This book...is a celebration of baseball as an essential fiber of Americana. It is inspirational, thought-provoking and unique."--The Arizona Daily Star, 1991 "Exquisite and elegant."--Yankee Magazine

Genres: Baseball

278 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 1991

About the author

Author of Ten books thus far, fiction and non-fiction, beginning in the late 1970's with the Short Story "The Skyjacker" in The Paris Review and continuing to the recently completed Semmelweis, the Women's Doctor. Feels like just the other day.-- A.V. - 03/2019.

Titles in ascending order:

The Mediterranean Runs Through Brooklyn

Valentino & the Great Italians

BART: a Life of A. Bartlett Giamatti

Anita Garibaldi, a Biography

Conversation with Johnny, a novel

Toni Cade Bambara's One Sicilian Night, a memoir

The Little Sailor, a Romantic Thriller

John Dante's Inferno, a Playboy's Life

IMMIGRANTS according to Anthony Valerio, Volumes 1 & 2

Semmelweis, the Women's Doctor