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DESCRIPTION:Attention baseball fans . . .Northsiders and Southsiders welcom
 e!\n \nPlease join us for an evening with Jay Feldman\nauthor of the novel
  Suitcase Sefton and the American Dream\n \nIn Suitcase Sefton and the Ame
 rican Dream\, Feldman tells the story of Mac “Suitcase” Sefton\, a sco
 ut for the New York Yankees\, who discovers a cannon-armed lefty named Jer
 ry Yamada at a Japanese American internment camp in Arizona during World W
 ar II. As Sefton schemes to get the pitcher released from the camp\, he is
  forced to confront his own conceptions of race\, culture\, and politics\,
  as he discovers the meaning of family and love. Through the filter of bas
 eball\, Suitcase Sefton and the American Dream addresses issues of persona
 l integrity\, racism\, internment\, and American dreams.\n \nThe author wi
 ll read and sign books at the JASC\nTuesday\, May 16\, 2006\n7:00 PM\n \nT
 he event is FREE and open to all.\n \nJASC\, 4427 N. Clark St.\, Chicago\,
  IL  60640\; 773.275.0097\n \nPreorder books today ($23) by contacting Deb
 bie Mieko Burns at <a>archives@jasc-chicago.org</a>.\n \nThis event is co-
 sponsored by the Chicago Japanese American Historical Society and the Japa
 nese American Service Committee Legacy Center.\n \nJay Feldman is the auth
 or of the critically acclaimed When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire\
 , Intrigue\, Murder and the New Madrid Earthquakes. He is a widely publish
 ed freelance writer whose work has appeared in Sports Illustrated\, Newswe
 ek\, Smithsonian\, Gourmet\, The New York Times\, and a broad variety of o
 ther national\, regional and local publications. He has also written for t
 elevision and the stage.  He is the author of HITTING: An Official Major L
 eague Baseball Book. His Web site is <a href="http://www.jfeldman.com/">ww
 w.jfeldman.com</a>.\n
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SUMMARY:Suitcase Sefton and the American Dream (reading and book signing)
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