John H. Ritter - "The Desperado Who Stole Baseball"

Start: August 3, 2009 - 7:00pm

Bestselling childrens book author and San Diego native, John H. Ritter, will be at Warwick's on Monday, August 3 at 7:00pm to read from and sign his latest novel, The Desperado Who Stole Baseball.

This is the magical book that reveals the secret behind Dillontown and Cruz de la Cruz.

•  Who is Cruz? Where did he come from?
•  What does outlaw Billy the Kid have to do with all of this?
•  How did a runaway slave shape Cruz's thinking and the values of a whole town?
•  Who was the man behind the ban that kept African Americans out of baseball?

Baseball novelist John H. Ritter grew up playing "one-on-one" hardball with his brothers in the dry, dusty hill country of eastern San Diego County, near the Mexican border. "That sparse and wild landscape seeps into all of my work," says John, "whether the story's set in the woods of Ohio or the streets of New York. You'll find references to it in phrases such as, 'I followed a deer trace through the thicket to see what all the caterwauling was about (Choosing Up Sides).' Or, 'Of course, there were some big differences living in New York. Like having this hard sidewalk under my shoes all the time, instead of a powdery, dirt path (Over The Wall).'" For more visit John's website: www.johnhritter.com