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Ballpark: The Story of America's Baseball Fields

by Lynn Curlee

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Publisher Comments:

If you love baseball, chances are you love one particular ballpark. Boston fans wax poetic about Fenway Park. Cubs fans are adamant that Wrigley Field is the classic ballfield. Busch Stadium is a hit with folks from Missouri, and Yankee fans are passionate about the House That Ruth Built....

Besides passionate fans, there's one other thing all ballparks — from the Union Grounds in Brooklyn built in 1862 to the Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards built in 1992 — have in common: Each has its own vibrant and unique history.

In Ballpark, Sibert Honor Award winner Lynn Curlee explores both the histories and the cultural significances of America's most famous ballparks. Grand in scope and illustrations, and filled with nifty anecdotes about these "green cathedrals," Ballpark also explores the changing social climate that accompanied baseball's rise from a minor sport to the national pastime. This is a baseball book like no other.

Synopsis:

From Sibert Award honoree Lynn Curlee comes a full-color illustrated exploration of where our national pastime is played. "Curlee's illustrations communicate not just information, but also excitement and sentiment."--"The New York Times Book Review."

About the Author

Lynn Curlee, who received a Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book Award for Brooklyn Bridge, comes from a family of intense sports fans. His other books include Liberty, Ships of the Air, Into the Ice: The Story of Arctic Exploration, Rushmore, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Capital, and, most recently, Parthenon. He lives on the North Fork of Long Island, New York.Lynn Curlee, who received a Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book Award for Brooklyn Bridge, comes from a family of intense sports fans. His other books include Liberty, Ships of the Air, Into the Ice: The Story of Arctic Exploration, Rushmore, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Capital, and, most recently, Parthenon. He lives on the North Fork of Long Island, New York.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781416953609
Subtitle:
The Story of America's Baseball Fields
Author:
Curlee, Lynn
Publisher:
Aladdin Paperbacks
Subject:
Sports & Recreation - Baseball
Subject:
History - United States/General
Subject:
People & Places - United States
Subject:
Baseball
Subject:
Sports & Recreation - Baseball & Softball
Edition Description:
Picture book
Publication Date:
March 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
48
Dimensions:
11 x 11 in
Children's Book Type:
Picture / Wordless
Age Level:
00-12

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