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""A beautiful, absolutely unforgettable memoir."" -- Booklist A son, a father, a baseball team ... This remarkable baseball memoir will touch the heart of any baseball fan who has ever shared a love for the game with a parent or child. Award-winning sportswriter Terry Pluto (The Curse of Rocky Colavito) tells the story of a son and a father and the relationship they shared through their resilient devotion to one particularly frustrating baseball team, the Cleveland Indians (who always seemed to need just one more run to win). The story includes the joys and struggles of growing older together, of coping with a sick parent, and, finally, of burying the man who indelibly shaped his son's life. It also includes a lively history of the Cleveland Indians franchise, full of personal recollections about remarkable players and memorable moments from seasons past. For so many people, baseball remains an important bridge across generations, sometimes the only topic of conversation when all other topics seem threatening. Absorbing his father's love for the game, and their team, Pluto grew to understand and respect the often distant man who allowed himself few pleasures besides baseball in a life built around laboring to provide for his family. This book celebrates our ability to make that connection through baseball. It is a heartfelt, memorable tale.

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A beautiful, absolutely unforgettable memoir.--Booklist (01/01/1999) Like the team that Pluto loves, Our Tribe is not great. But it will break your heart.-- (01/01/1999) More than just a sports' book. It's all about the bonding between a father, a son, and daughter. For people who've lost a father, Our Tribe can be very comforting. A beautiful book!-- (01/01/1999) What makes Our Tribe more than a general recounting of the team's history is Pluto's personal account of life with Dad as it revolved around the Indians, from childhood through his debut as a sportswriter to the aftermath of his father's debilitating stroke. The passages about Pluto Senior's last years are particularly heartrending . . . A sweet, sentimental thank you not only to the authors favorite team, but especially to his father that will tug at any baseball fan's heart.-- (01/01/1999) A must read not only for baseball and Indians fans but for the story of a father and son.--Amazon.com (01/01/1999) Perhaps the best American writer of sports books.--Chicago Sun-Times (01/01/1999)

A beautiful, absolutely unforgettable memoir. -- Wes Lukowsky Booklist A sweet, sentimental thank you not only to the authors favorite team, but especially to his father that will tug at any baseball fan's heart. -- Book Reviewer Kirkus Reviews Perhaps the best American writer of sports books. -- Book Reviewer Chicago Sun Times More than just a sports' book. It's all about the bonding between a father, a son, and daughter. For people who've lost a father, Our Tribe can be very comforting. A beautiful book!--Danny Rebecca WQAL FM Radio (01/01/1999)

Perhaps the best American writer of sports books. -- Book Reviewer Chicago Sun Times

A beautiful, absolutely unforgettable memoir.--Booklist (01/01/1999) A must read not only for baseball and Indians fans but for the story of a father and son.--Amazon.com (01/01/1999) Like the team that Pluto loves, Our Tribe is not great. But it will break your heart.-- (01/01/1999) More than just a sports' book. It's all about the bonding between a father, a son, and daughter. For people who've lost a father, Our Tribe can be very comforting. A beautiful book!-- (01/01/1999) Perhaps the best American writer of sports books.--Chicago Sun-Times (01/01/1999) What makes Our Tribe more than a general recounting of the team's history is Pluto's personal account of life with Dad as it revolved around the Indians, from childhood through his debut as a sportswriter to the aftermath of his father's debilitating stroke. The passages about Pluto Senior's last years are particularly heartrending . . . A sweet, sentimental thank you not only to the authors favorite team, but especially to his father that will tug at any baseball fan's heart.-- (01/01/1999)

A beautiful, absolutely unforgettable memoir.-- ""Booklist"" (1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM) A must read not only for baseball and Indians fans but for the story of a father and son.-- ""Amazon.com"" (1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM) Like the team that Pluto loves, Our Tribe is not great. But it will break your heart.-- ""The New York Times"" (1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM) More than just a sports' book. It's all about the bonding between a father, a son, and daughter. For people who've lost a father, Our Tribe can be very comforting. A beautiful book!--Danny Rebecca ""WQAL FM Radio"" (1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM) Perhaps the best American writer of sports books.-- ""Chicago Sun-Times"" (1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM) What makes Our Tribe more than a general recounting of the team's history is Pluto's personal account of life with Dad as it revolved around the Indians, from childhood through his debut as a sportswriter to the aftermath of his father's debilitating stroke. The passages about Pluto Senior's last years are particularly heartrending . . . A sweet, sentimental thank you not only to the authors favorite team, but especially to his father that will tug at any baseball fan's heart.-- ""Kirkus Reviews"" (1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM)

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Terry Pluto is a sports and faith columnist for Cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer and the author of more than 30 books. He has twice been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors as the nation's top sports columnist for medium-sized newspapers and has received more than 50 state and local writing awards. He was called ""Perhaps the best American writer of sports books"" by the Chicago Tribune in 1997.

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