An In-Depth Look into the Life and Times of a Baseball Icon
"Shoeless Joe" tells the story of the incredible life of Joseph Jefferson Jackson. From a mill boy to a baseball icon, author Tim Hornbaker breaks down the rise and fall of Shoeless Joe, giving an inside look during baseball s Deadball Era, including Jackson s personal point of view of the Black Sox scandal, which has never been covered before.
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Fall from Grace: The Truth and Tragedy of “Shoeless Joe” Jackson helps flesh out that portrait and add context to the actions of a player who was banned from baseball for life for his part in the scheme. . . . Hornbaker patiently presents the evidence and invites the reader to become the jury.
— Paul Hagen, MLB.com
"Hornbaker breathes fresh life into the character and motivations of baseball legend Shoeless Joe Jackson in detailing his tragic plunge from stardom to infamy for his ambiguous role in fixing the 1919 World Series. His haunting portrait of one of the game’s most controversial and complex figures also provides a balanced and insightful addition to the everlasting reexaminations of the greatest scandal in the game’s long history."
— David Nemec, novelist, baseball historian, and author of
The Great Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball,
The Beer and Whiskey League, and
Major League Baseball Profiles: 1871–1900“Tim Hornbaker has written an engaging biography of a different era in Chicago baseball history.
Fall from Grace is a delight. It is an anecdote-rich story reminding us repeatedly of what we have come to love about baseball. After reading this thoughtful and informative biography, readers may take a somewhat more charitable view of Shoeless Joe Jackson.”
— Stuart Shiffman,
Illinois Times
