The Dixie Association (Voices of the South) [Paperback]

Donald Hays (Author)

Book Description

Series: Voices of the South | Publication Date: November 1997

Meet the Arkansas Reds, the oddest, craziest, wildest bunch of sluggers ever to step out of a dugout. An ex-con first baseman named Hog chronicles a season with the Reds as they travel from one seedy southern ballpark to another--always one step ahead of the small-town sheriffs and right-wing evangelists who think the Reds are an insult to "America's game" .

Product Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807122262
• ISBN-13: 978-0807122266
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #479,246 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Should get 10 Stars, November 6, 2006

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Donald Kurtz (Charlotte NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dixie Association (Voices of the South) (Paperback)

The Dixie Association is a perfect book. It is hilarious, wise, profound, and unbelievably beautifully written. It should not be subtitled "Voices of the South". It is THE voice of the South, perfectly captured on paper. Donald Hays has perfect pitch for Southern language, on the street and in the locker room. The basdeball portions are true, interesting and exciting. The picture of the last game remains one of the great descriptions of an epic encounter in sports. There are more great characters than you can count. I read it in the 80s when it was published and probably bought a dozen copies before I was through giving it to people who I thought needed it. And finally, I simply loved the book so much that I tracked down the author and called him to tell him directly how much I was moved, and touched, and thrilled by it. I am about to launch into another buying and giving spree with this new edition.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Convict Baseball, March 19, 2004

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tpenick (Ingram) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dixie Association (Voices of the South) (Paperback)

The Dixie Association was a well written and thought out novel, written by an author who knew how to grab his audiences attention. A baseball team full of rejects that noone wanted around and did not have any respect for, but they knew the game of baseball and that is what they all loved and it is all that mattered to them. Donald Hays writes the book through an ex-convicts eyes. With the rudeness, foul language, and racists remarks the author offends everyone. In all I really liked the novel and give it a thumbs up, cause I could actually read the book without dreaading it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars SPORTS SOCIOLOGY Dixie Association, March 16, 2004

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Ray (Kerrville, Tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dixie Association (Voices of the South) (Paperback)

I thought the book was very well written. The author showed a great deal of knowledge in the sport of baseball. The characters were interesting and fun to read about. I enjoyed reading about the games and the way it was portrayed through the eyes of an actual ballplayer.This book is defenitly one of the best baseball books ever written, not only because of its portral of the game, but because of the conflicts its characters deal with off the field as well.