On the eve of his thirtieth birthday, Sports Illustrated writer Steve Rushin revisited the twin obsessions of his youth: road trips and sports. He spent a year driving to America’s sports shrines, from Larry Bird’s boyhood home in French Lick, Indiana, to the Iowa cornfield where Field of Dreams was filmed.
The result, named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, is an alternately hilarious and insightful tour through America’s small towns and quirky sports landmarks. Rushin’s wit turns an ordinary road trip into a genuine exploration of what sports mean to the country.
Published 1999
256 pages
$17.03