Heart Anatomy Model

• Human Heart Facts
• Opens up to display the inside of a heart
• 29-piece plastic model, display stand, and guide with facts and photo-illustrated assembly instructions

From the author of Pitching Around Fidel and Far Afield comes an account of the accidental death of minor league first base coach Mike Coolbaugh, illustrating the many ways in which baseball still has a hold on America.

Heart of the Game centers on the death of Mike Coolbaugh, a minor league coach who was killed on a sweltering Sunday evening in Little Rock in July 2007 when a foul ball rocketed off Tino Sanchez's bat. Coolbaugh died almost instantly, his body carted off the field of the Double-A Arkansas Travelers. He was thirty-five years old and the father of two; a third child was on the way.

Mike's exemplary lifeâ€"his devotion to the game and to his familyâ€"is the sp! ine of the story. But it isn't the drama. The drama is in the telling of what can happen when a projectile hits the human body, of the narratives of the remarkable people who happened to be in the ballpark at that fatal moment, of the impact of Coolbaugh's death on the man who hit the ball, and of all the lives left behind.

Price reveals anew that classic heart of Americanaâ€"small-town sports, small-town livesâ€"and makes us understand that a game played away from the mindless churn of Internet blather and highlight shows can be more important than those played on the national stage.

Learning all about the human heart has never been easier than with this 3-D model. It sits on a display stand for clear viewing and opens up to display the inside. And asembly is a cinch. Includes facts and assembly instructions. Measures 5" tall.