Project Gutenberg 2008-11-27 Public domain in the USA. 273 Chadwick, Lester 1873 1962 Baseball Joe Around the World; or, Pitching on a Grand Tour Produced by Roger Frank, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Baseball Joe Around the World; or, Pitching on a Grand Tour" by Lester Chadwick is a novel written in the early 20th century. This story is part of the "Baseball Joe" series and follows the main character, Joe Matson, also known as "Baseball Joe," who is a talented pitcher. The narrative revolves around his adventures as he embarks on a significant baseball tour to different parts of the world, facing challenges, rivalries, and unexpected circumstances along the way. The beginning of the narrative introduces Joe at his home in Riverside, immediately after his celebrated victory in the World Series. He is excited about news of a proposed new major league that threatens to disrupt the existing leagues, which worries him. During this time, Joe encounters a surprise visitor, Mr. Westland, who tries to recruit him for the new league, offering a substantial amount of money. However, Joe refuses to break his contract with the Giants, demonstrating his integrity and loyalty to his team. The opening chapters set the stage for Joe's character as both a skilled athlete and a principled individual, foreshadowing his future adventures in the upcoming global tour. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Baseball -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature Category: Sports/Hobbies 369710 2025-06-11T09:17:48.686730 text/html 388975 2021-01-04T10:45:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 441269 2021-01-04T10:45:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 402107 2025-06-11T09:17:55.473701 application/epub+zip 408411 2025-06-11T09:17:49.724710 application/epub+zip 164401 2025-06-11T09:17:49.163715 application/epub+zip 397142 2025-06-11T09:17:59.885725 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373155 2025-06-11T09:17:54.900698 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272225 2022-09-12T13:58:47.589000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306128 2025-06-11T09:17:47.543746 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 305837 2021-01-04T10:45:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 116666 2021-01-04T10:45:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 305828 2021-01-04T10:45:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 116650 2021-01-04T10:45:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20394 2025-06-11T09:18:00.041653 application/rdf+xml 12896 2025-06-11T09:17:49.261715 image/jpeg 2256 2025-06-11T09:17:49.211720 image/jpeg 395272 2025-06-11T09:17:48.737705 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Garis, Howard Roger