Books with author John Ritter

Dillontown was built upon a gold mine. Yet for the villagers, life is about something even more valuable: baseball. Home to the Dillontown Nine, they would give anything to join the ranks of professional ballplayers?even their gold. Yet to make it, they will need to defeat the world champion Chicago White Stockings?and their crooked owner, willing to wager anything for the mine, and willing to do anything to avoid losing. Fortunately, Dillontown is home to two boys who know a little something about winning. One is young Jack Dillon, nephew to Dillontown founder Long John Dillon. The other? A boy on the run, in need of a second chance: none other than Billy the Kid. One of the fi nest storytellers of our time, John H. Ritter brings the Old West to life in this prequel to his breakout success, The Boy Who Saved Baseball.

Tom Gallagher finds himself in a tight spot. The fate of Dillontown rests on the outcome of one baseball game, winner take all. And it's all because Tom had to open his big mouth. If only he could get Dante Del Gato-the greatest hitter to ever play the game-to coach the team. But crazy ol' Del Gato hasn't spoken to folks in years, not after walking away from the game in disgrace just before his team played in its first World Series. Maybe Tom has one more hope: Cruz de la Cruz, the mysterious boy who just rode into town on horseback claiming to know the secret of hitting. Not to mention the secrets of Del Gato . . .

In his 3rd book on baseball, John Ritter takes the reader to Dillontown where, through a series of events, the fate of the town rests on the outcome of a baseball game. Tom and a newcomer, Cruz, convince a former Major-League Baseball player to coach the team. The team prepares for the big day by using unorthodox training methods. While the team wins the game, it still takes an unusual set of circumstances to save the town.

Excerpt from Book of Mock Trials: Containing Fourteen Original Plays, Representing Humorous Court-Room Scenes, Adapted to the Limits of the Parlor, and Arranged for Public or Private PerformancesThese Mock Trials are founded on actual occurrences in the courts of this country. Playwright's license has been taken where strict compliance with the rigid rules Of court procedure would be tedious and dry. There are no mere extravaganzas in this book. Sharp Satire on American court methods and manners is the substance into which is worked an amount and variety Of fun and mock-heroic humor (seldom overdrawn) that no previous collection of short plays affords. Each trial differs from the othets'in the prominence given to Judge, Attorneys or Witnesses, and the characters are not reproduced. NO similar book of any worth whatever has been Offered to the public, and we do not doubt that the merits Of these Mock Trials will be speedily recognized.We need hardly say that it may Often be advantageous to vary a trial from the form given in the book, by omit ting Or adding matter, Shortening parts, etc., etc. This, Of course, must be left entirely to the intelligence and inven tion Of those who are cast as performers, or of some one qualified for that task. The amusement of the audience is Often greatly increased by local allusions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

13-year-old Luke Bledsoe is a left-hander in a right-handed world. Moved from town to town, he's spent his life feeling like an outsider. Then, by chance, he steps on a baseball field and discovers he can pitch. But Luke's father, Reverend Bledsoe, believes that the left side is the side of Satan, and the baseball field is the Devil's playground. Luke has spent his whole life trying to please his father. Will he choose to give up the game he's come to love -- or turn his back on his family?