Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars

When the Matson family relocates to the town of Riverside, their son Joe brings more than just a trunk full of clothes. He brings a lightning-fast pitching arm and an unshakable belief that a fellow can accomplish anything he sets his mind to. At the diamond, Joe transforms the local nine into a force to be reckoned with, his confidence on the mound winning over skeptics one strikeout at a time. But the baseball field is only half the game. Back at the farm, Joe's father faces a more dangerous opponent: scheming villains attempting to steal the patents on his revolutionary farm machinery. Joe must split his attention between outsmarting the thieves and outpitching the competition, proving that a level-headed country boy can hold his own against any challenge. This first volume in the long-running Baseball Joe series captures an era when baseball was king and a young man's word meant everything.