The Golem's Mighty Swing

Description

When the Stars of David, a Jewish barnstorming baseball team of the 1920s, finds their season threatened, they bring to life a legendary Jewish creature called the Golem so that he can play for them.

Description

"By reuniting America's greatest pastime with its hidden history, the graphic novel tells the story of the Stars of David, a barnstorming Jewish baseball team of the depression era. Led by its manager and third baseman, the nomadic team travels from small town to small town providing the thrill of the sport while playing up their religious exoticism as a curio for people to gawk at, heckle, and taunt. When the team's fortunes fall, the players are presented a plan to get people in the stands. But by placing their fortunes in the hands of a promoter, the Stars of David find themselves fanning the flames of ethnic tensions. Sturm's nuanced composition is on full display as he deftly builds the climax of the game against the rising anti-semitic fervor of the crowd."--

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Other Editions

• The Golem's Mighty SwingPaperbackDrawn Quarterly2017-05-16
• The Golem's Mighty SwingPaperbackDrawn & Quarterly2001-08-01
• Golem's Mighty SwingLibrary BindingTurtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media2002-04-01
• Golem's Mighty SwingPaperbackDiane Pub Co2003-01-01
• The Golem's Mighty SwingPaperbackDrawn and Quarterly2003-05-01