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The secret apartment : Vet Stadium, a surreal memoir / Tom Garvey.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks F158.54.G377 A3 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garvey, Tom, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Anecdotes.
- Garvey, Tom.
- Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Anecdotes.
- Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 178 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Vet Stadium, a surreal memoir
- Place of Publication:
- [Delaware?] : The Happy Self-Publisher, [2020]
- Summary:
- "If I overheard anyone telling this story in a bar or at a party, I wouldn't believe it either. But I must confess, I'd probably "scooch" a little closer, eavesdropping, unable to walk away. I'd have to find out how this yarn unraveled. Let's begin an implausible story with a seemingly simple yet complex question.If you were single, never married with no children or dependents, would you, if you had the opportunity, have lived "on the down low" in a secret apartment in Veterans Stadium? In this proposal we have an off the wall South Philly version of "The Phantom of the Opera," but the larger notion this question begs could easily challenge the inner demons of sports fans anywhere. If you had an opportunity to live in a major sports stadium of a team you grew up loving, what would you have done? In my case: I could, so I did"--Page 1.
- "If I overheard anyone telling this story in a bar or at a party, I wouldn't believe it either. But I must confess, I'd probably "scooch" a little closer, eavesdropping, unable to walk away. I'd have to find out how this yarn unraveled. Let's begin an implausible story with a seemingly simple yet complex question. If you were single, never married with no children or dependents, would you, if you had the opportunity, have lived "on the down low" in a secret apartment in Veterans Stadium? In this proposal we have an off the wall South Philly version of "The Phantom of the Opera," but the larger notion this question begs could easily challenge the inner demons of sports fans anywhere. If you had an opportunity to live in a major sports stadium of a team you grew up loving, what would you have done? In my case: I could, so I did"--Page 1
- Notes:
- "Though fanciful, these are true stories based on actual events. This is not the product of my imagination. I didn't make anything up. I didn't have to"--Title page verso
- ISBN:
- 9798567207994
- OCLC:
- 1242941415
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