He was considered the fastest boy in America. To do this, he had been a “stowaway” on a ship to America from Bremen, Germany in 1845. The Schneider family in America began with Felix Schneider who had come to America with the intent of making enough money to bring the rest of his family over. The innings stand for nine chapters- nine generations in one family. The use of innings as chapter titles is fun. These notes are by the chapters they are in: first inning, second inning, etc. The author notes at the end give the background on some of the components as well as some “facts” that are actually fiction. It is a different way of looking at baseball. All the facts about baseball are not given, although some are. This is a very interesting book which follows the evolution of baseball through one family’s association with it. The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings is by Alan Gratz.
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