The Crow and the Eagle: A True Fable

Title

en_US The Crow and the Eagle: A True Fable

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US First printing

en_US By John K. Danenbarger

Creator

en_US Danenbarger, John K. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Cloutman, William

Date

2016-01-25T19:59:34Z

en_US 2010-05

en_US 2003

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:59:34Z

Date Issued

en_US 2003

Abstract

en_US This book is about the life of Yankee pitcher Bob Turley. It starts with a fable of the crow and the eagle. This fable is new to me and, I expect, created for the situation. The eagle tells the nervous crow that he, the eagle, was once a crow. He offers the crow a chance for more and better with a short conversation each day. The suspicious crow grudgingly accepts the offer. The eagle labors through several conversations to make clear to the crow that Bob Turley, born in poor circumstances and perhaps talented on a par with others, had the unusual gift of seeing himself in the majors. He worked hard at getting there, and the work paid off. Further facts sift through. Bullet Bob Turley set a record in 1955 in his first year with the Yankees: for walks! He works to make himself better and in 1958 he is the hero of the World Series and winner of the Cy Young Award. Further conversations take the two to Turley's downward spiral out of baseball and his unsuccessful business ventures to eventual success as an insurance company agent. The second half of the book portrays a number of subjects on which crow and eagle have contrasting views. The eagle, I take it, represents Turley himself and the strong views that have made him who he is. The book is unusual for its attempt to sustain a fable.

Identifier

en_US 9780972899802

en_US 6872 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82177

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Stormblock Publishing

en_US Salem, MA

Subject

en_US GV865.T8 D36 2003 See all items with this value

en_US One story See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole