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Jim Prime

Jim Prime is the author of over 20 books, mostly on the subject of sports. He co-authored Ted Williams’ Hit List with the legendary Boston Red Sox hitter and How Hockey Explains Canada with Canadian hockey icon Paul Henderson. He has also collaborated with baseball eccentric Bill “Spaceman” Lee on two books.

   He has contributed articles to various magazines including Baseball Digest, Atlantic Insight, Atlantic Advocate, The Ring, Boxing Illustrated, and the Acadia Alumni Bulletin, where he briefly served as editor. He’s a five-time winner of the People’s Choice award at the Kings Shorts Festival of Ten Minute Plays in Annapolis Royal.

   Jim grew up in Freeport on Long Island and will always consider himself an islander. He lives in New Minas in the Annapolis Valley with his wife Glenna.

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Books by Jim Prime (a partial list)

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  • Fish and Dicks (with Ben Robicheau)

  • Tales from the Toronto Blues Jays Dugout

  • Amazing Tales from the Boston Red Sox Dugout

  • The Boston Red Sox Killer B's: baseball's best outfield

  • From the Babe to the Beards: the Boston Red Sox in the World Series

  • Amazing Tales from the 2004 Boston Red Sox Dugout

  • How Hockey Explains Canada (with Paul Henderson)

  • Fenway Park at 100: baseball's hometown (with Bill Nowlin)

  • Baseball Eccentrics (with Bill "Spaceman" Lee)

  • The Little Red (Sox) Book: a revisionist Red Sox history (with Bill "Spaceman" Lee)

  • Tales from the Red Sox Dugout

  • More Tales from the Red Sox Dugout

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