Authors: Alison Gordon
Prairie Hardball (22 page)
This book couldn’t have been written without the generosity of more people in Saskatchewan than I can possibly name here, who provided me with encouragement, anecdotes, suggestions, delicious meals, and comfortable beds on my travels around my adopted province. It was CBC Radio that put me in touch with many of them, and I deplore the cuts that may destroy it. In particular, I am grateful to my fellow writers Gail Bowen, Suzanne North, and Sharon Butala; to Sergeant Bob Conlon of the Battlefords Detachment of the RCMP and to Dr. Jean Roney of the RCMP Forensic Laboratory in Regina; to Eric Peterson and Barb Cram for sharing memories of Indian Head; to Jane and Dave Shury of the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame; and to a stranger, Connie Kaldor, who kept me in touch with Saskatchewan, wherever I was writing.
Thanks also go to my friends Henri Fiks and Susan Longmire, for taking me in from the cold and providing a haven in which I could write through tough times, and to my personal three musketeers, Howard Engel, Peter Robinson, and Eric Wright for their constant encouragement and support. I am always grateful to Avie Bennett, a real champion; to Doug Gibson and Kelly Hechler; to Lynn Schellenberg; and, most of all, to Ellen Seligman.
Alison Gordon
is a Canadian journalist and writer. As the first woman on the baseball beat in the Major Leagues, Gordon was a trailblazer in the field of sports journalism, covering the Toronto Blue Jays for the
Toronto Star
for five years. Gordon is also the author of the Kate Henry mystery series, pitting the sleuthing talents of a baseball journalist against dangerous felons. The series includes the titles
The Dead Pull Hitter
,
Safe at Home
,
Night Game
,
Striking Out
, and
Prairie Hardball
.
Prairie Hardball © 1997 Alison Gordon
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EPub Edition December 2014 ISBN: 9781443442497
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Originally published by McClelland & Stewart Inc. in 1997. First published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. in this ePub edition in 2014.
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