Lester Chadwick: 25 books

Baseball. For more than a hundred years, it's been the subject of short stories. Here is a classic collection of 20th Century tales by such masters as Zane Gray, Michael Avallone, Octavus Roy Cohen, and others -- including 6 novels in the "Baseball Joe" series! Included are: AW, LET THE KID HIT, by...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Batting to Win - A Story of College Baseball. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of A Quarter-Back's Pluck - A Story of College Football. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally...

"Lester Chadwick" was one of the many pen names used by Howard R. Garis, a remarkably prolific author of books geared to younger audiences. In Baseball Joe in the Central League, Joe reaches out to a down-on-his-luck retired player, Pop Dutton, and in return receives some top-notch tips on pitching.

For the Honor of Randall: A Story of College Athletics written by Lester Chadwick.  Published in 1912

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Winning Touchdown - A Story of College Football. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Baseball Joe in the Central League or, Making Good as a Professional Pitcher. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of For the Honor of Randall A Story of College Athletics. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally...

Blue sky, green fields, a perfectly lined infield, and a cheering crowd to boot. That’s what Joe Matson, Baseball Joe, finds when he steps onto the campus of Yale University in the early twentieth century. Joe has high hopes. He wants a good education. He also wants to play baseball. Joe...

A tale about Baseball Joe, star of a series of books written for teen boys, but thoroughly exciting for all.

TWO LETTERS Whew! whistled Joe Matson, the astonishment on his bronzed face being indicated by his surprised exclamation of: Well, what do you know about that, Sis? What is it, Joe? asked his sister Clara, as she looked up from a letter she was reading to see her brother staring at a sheet of paper he...

“No cellphones. No Google. Just pluck and wit.” That’s the way one modern critic describes these exciting tales from the early twentieth century, written for boys of the time. But really, they are universal tales of setting goals, overcoming adversity, and achieving what at some points...

No Facebook, Google, Instagram, or cellphones .Just pluck, wit, forging relationships, setting goals, overcoming whatever gets in your way. That’s the world of Joe Matson, also known as Baseball Joe. Joe Matson is just an ordinary kid in a typical Midwestern town. He loves to...