Baseball : an illustrated history

Book 1994

530 illustrations in text Best Books for Young Teen Readers. A history of the game, published in conjunction with a PBS documentary, with essays, facts, and over 500 photographs This is an incredible book for the baseball fan and for anyone interested in the social history of America as reflected in a sport. It is filled with wonderful photographs. Students will want to browse through the memorabilia of baseball and read about the evolution of th...

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ISBN:

9780679404590
0679404597

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xxv, 486 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-472) and index

Contents:

Preface: Where memory gathers
Introduction: Hard lines / Roger Angell
1st inning: Our game : beginnings to 1900 ; Why baseball / John Thorn
2nd inning: Something like a war : 1900-1910 ; Stats / Bill James
3rd inning: The faith of fifty million people : 1910-1920 ; The minors / David Lamb
4th inning: That big son of a bitch : 1920-1930 ; The church of baseball / Thomas Boswell
5th inning: Shadow ball : 1930-1940 ; Why would you feel sorry for me? / an interview with Buck O'Neil ; Thirties baseball / Robert W. Cramer
6th inning: The national pastime : 1940-1950 ; Fan / Doris Kearns Goodwin
7th inning: The capital of baseball : 1950-1960 ; Fifties baseball / George F. Will ; 8th inning: A whole new ball game : 1960-1970 ; Baseball and African American life / Gerald Early
9th inning: Home : the modern era ; Always right on time / Daniel Okrent

LCCN:

93039809

Control Number:

52251

Other Authors:

Burns, Ken, 1953-

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