This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

copyright © 1963 by James Breslin.

Introduction copyright © 1963 by Bill Veeck

cover design by Mimi Bark

978-1-4532-4532-3

This edition published in 2011 by

Open Road Integrated Media

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