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Chasing Moonlight
Archie "Doc" Graham is not just a fictional character in the classic film "Field of Dreams." The authors follow Graham's life and reveal a man whose pioneering research on children's blood pressure is still used at institutions today.
Hardcover, 208 pages
Published
April 1st 2009
by John F. Blair Publisher
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In the movie Field of Dreams, Archibald “Moonlight” Graham became the archetype of the thousands of athletes who get a whiff of the big time but never quite stick. Brett Friedlander and Robert Reising “chased Moonlight” from his native North Carolina to far northern Minnesota and discovered that Graham left a far more enduring mark than his single line in The Baseball Encyclopedia.
After eight minor-league seasons and his two-inning stint with the New York Giants in 1905, Graham serv...more
After eight minor-league seasons and his two-inning stint with the New York Giants in 1905, Graham serv...more
Fantastic! This is the story of Dr. Archibald "Archie" (Moonlight) Graham. You may remember him from the movie, "Field of Dreams". In the movie, he was played by Burt Lancaster. You may remember the scene ... he's one of the players that comes out of the cornfield ... he finally gets his chance to bat against a major league pitcher. After hitting a SF and returning to the bench, he notices a young girl fall off the bleachers and begin choking. Without thinking twice, he sprin...more
Late in the afternoon on June 29, 1905, a kid called Moonlight bolted out of the New York Giants’ dugout and took up his position in right field for the first and only time as a major league baseball player. It was an event of such little consequence that even those from the announced crowd of 2,000 at Brooklyn’s Washington Park didn’t take notice.
And yet a century later, Archibald "Moonlight" Graham has become so well known that a film crew traveled all the way from Tokyo,...more
And yet a century later, Archibald "Moonlight" Graham has become so well known that a film crew traveled all the way from Tokyo,...more
The character in "Field of Dreams" played by Burt Lancaster is based on a real guy: Archie "Doc" "Moonlight" Graham. Nicely done story of his life. Turns out the real Graham was as fantastic as the fictional one. Time to watch the movie... again!
Wanders a bit in the second stanza, eventually petering out into nothing. But what a fascinating guy; or, at least, what a fascinating life. Why didn't he go back to North Carolina? Why didn't he punch John McGraw? Why is everyone who chased down Graham's life story, from WP Kinsella to Kevin Costner, such an awful goddamn liar?
I enjoyed this tale of a nearly forgotten American hero.
Interesting biography about a man who became famous to the general public through the movie "field of dreams". Archie "Doc" Graham's life is an American story of a son who through hard work and perseverance makes choices that lead to his becoming a beloved doctor in an obscure town in Minnesota rather than a famous baseball star.
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Brett Friedlander has spent 25 years as a professional writer, earning 22 national, regional, and state awards. His honors include a 2007 NC Press Association Award in the sports feature category for two chapters from Chasing Moonlight. He is a reporter for the Wilmington Star-News and lives in Fayetteville, NC."
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