“He told me in Canada he’ll be known for being a storyteller, in the United States he’ll be known for being a baseball writer,” said Steele, who is an American. “In Canada, he’ll be known as a humorist, is what it was. His Indian stories, the Silas Ermineskin stories are wildly popular up there, but he’s more known for baseball here. Kinsella told Tracy Sherlock of the Vancouver Sun he had worked on the book for 27 years before it was finally published. His daughter Erin moved in with Kinsella after his wife’s death to take care of him.

Source: National Post September 17, 2016 00:03 UTC