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Tim Wendel

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Tim Wendel is an award-winning novelist and journalist. He is the author of 16 books, including , and . His stories have appeared in Gargoyle and The Potomac Review, and his articles in The New York Times, Esquire, GQ, Washingtonian and USA Today. A longtime writer-in-residence at Johns Hopkins University, Tim teaches fiction and nonfiction writing. Tim has worked has worked on both coasts, covering everything from the Olympics to the America's Cup. More information and his blog can be found at ." ...more

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We had just moved to Charlottesville from northern Virginia when I began writing my novel Rebel Falls. Soon after we arrived the Unite the Right rally occurred. In many ways the town was still reeling months later when the General Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson statues were taken down. Such incidents became touchstones in the raging argument about our nation's past and part of recent politica

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	Summer of '68: The Season That Changed Baseball鈥攁nd America鈥擣orever 3.81 avg rating — 700 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Down to the Last Pitch: How the 1991 Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves Gave Us the Best World Series of All Time 3.81 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time 3.54 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Castro's Curveball 3.68 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1999 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buffalo, Home of the Braves by Tim Wendel (欧宝娱乐 Author), Chris Wendel (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor) 4.19 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebel Falls 4.12 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cancer Crossings: A Brother, His Doctors, and the Quest for a Cure to Childhood Leukemia 4.44 avg rating — 43 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Escape from Castro's Cuba: A Novel 4.62 avg rating — 26 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going for the Gold: How the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team Won at Lake Placid (Dover Books on Sports and Popular Recreations) 3.66 avg rating — 29 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Far From Home: Latino Baseball Players in America by Tim Wendel (欧宝娱乐 Author), Jos茅 Luis Villegas 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“What's pretty important, and least was for me, (related an exceptionally good pinch-hitter on the pressures involved with failing with so much at stake) you can't be afraid to enjoy the moment.”
― Tim Wendel, Summer of '68: The Season That Changed Baseball鈥攁nd America鈥擣orever

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“We all so want to believe the lie.”
― Tim Wendel, Rebel Falls

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