This essay is about one of the greatest baseball players in the 20th century who is relatively unknown. It also explains how Shoeless Joe Jackson was caught in one of the biggest scandals in baseball history - The Black Sox Scandal.

W.P. Kinsella's novel Shoeless Joe formed the basis for the movie "Field of Dreams," starring Kevin Costner. It tells of a young farmer in Iowa who builds a baseball diamond in his cornfield after a voice says to him, "If you build it, he will come."

The themes of religion, faith, baseball, and making your dreams come true all underline the story of Shoeless Joe. The novel was written by W.P. Kinsella in 1982. The story Ray Kinsella, a Iowa farmer, who builds a full size base ball field in his corn fields.

Essay is about Shoeless Joe, written by W.P Kinsella. It's a book summary.