{"product_id":"moms-magnavox-a-story-about-family-growing-up-of-course-the-pittsburgh-pirates-9798376853313","title":"Mom's Magnavox: A Story About Family, Growing Up, \u0026 Of Course, the Pittsburgh Pirates","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ben Dicola\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Baseball - Essays \u0026amp; Writings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was the 1960s, and in Canton, Ohio, just across the state line from his beloved Pittsburgh Pirates, Ben DiCola was living in a simpler time-playing outdoors until the street lights came on, collecting baseball cards, enjoying baseball games blaring from radios on summertime porches, and hearing mothers call their children home for supper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Ben, baseball is at the heart of his family memories, of a time in his life he will never forget that has been lost on young people in today's fast-paced, technology-saturated world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of essays, Ben DiCola invites readers on a journey to the past as he recounts the simplicity of youth as a fan of Pirates baseball, from the climatic joy of the Pittsburgh Pirates' 1960 World Series to the piercing agony of the death of Roberto Clemente.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond Ben's own memories, his essays show how baseball has always served as a backdrop for civil rights and how it can bring people together as friends and even marriage partners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of all, \u003ci\u003eMom's Magnavox\u003c\/i\u003e shows the love between a mother and her son, and how on one summer night, a sewing machine stopped running while America's pastime played out on a family radio.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45543677657239,"sku":"9798376853313","price":1742.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798376853313.webp?v=1768593404","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/moms-magnavox-a-story-about-family-growing-up-of-course-the-pittsburgh-pirates-9798376853313","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}