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Baseball: an Illustrated History

by Geoffrey C. Ward

Baseball: an Illustrated History Cover

ISBN13: 9780679765417
ISBN10: 0679765417
Condition: Standard
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Publisher Comments:

With more than 500 photographs

-- Introduction by Roger Angell

-- Essays by Thomas Boswell, Robert W. Creamer, Gerald Early, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Bill James, David Lamb, Daniel Okrent, John Thorn, George E Will

-- And featuring an interview with Buck O'Neil

Review:

"A rich concoction of narrative, essays, and photos [that] dazzles the eye ... In so many ways you are reminded that rooting for baseball is like breathing."

-- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times

"Stirring and reflective ... A beautiful book that stands on its own in any league."

-- David E. Jones, Chicago Tribune

"Glorious nuggets are set amid the clear, warm narrative and hundreds of classic images ... Highest marks for browseability, but the true reward comes from the longer essays by folks still smitten by the game."

-- Jerry Shriver, USA Today

"A big book, generous in size as well as scope ... There are splendid pictures [and] there are words, rollicking reams of them. And the stories, Lord, the stories!"

-- Dick Roraback, Los Angeles Times

"To capture the history of baseball, especially in hundreds of photographs that are the wonder and glory of this book, is to plumb a memorial register so deep that no fan open to the emotional power of the game can fail to react."

-- Michael Seidel, New York Newsday

Synopsis:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-472) and index.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780679765417
Subtitle:
An Illustrated History
With:
Burns, Ken
Author:
Ward, Geoffrey C.
Author:
Burns, Ken
Publisher:
Knopf Publishing Group
Location:
New York
Subject:
History
Subject:
Baseball - General
Subject:
Baseball
Subject:
Pictorial works
Series Volume:
70-0079
Publication Date:
August 1996
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
512
Dimensions:
1080x926x131 444

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