Synopses & Reviews
From billy goats and bleacher bums to Slammin’ Sammy and Mr. Cub himself, the history of the Chicago Cubs is full of fascinating storylines and colorful characters going back 135 years, and those stories and personalities have been written about by some of the top sportswriters and observers of the game. Such esteemed writers as Mike Royko, George Will, Studs Terkel, Jerome Holtzman, Roger Angell, Michael Wilbon, Grantland Rice, and more have penned tributes to the trials and tribulations of this ball club and its passionate fans. Gems such as “Baseball’s Sad Lexicon”—a poetic tribute to the Cubs’ great double-play combination of Tinkers, Evers, and Chance—have become a part of the standard baseball literature, while others are lesser known works of no less genius. The Chicago Cubs Reader brings together spot reporting, essays, memoirs, and other works of prose and poetry to provide a journey through the moments and memories of Cubs baseball history.
About the Author
Josh Leventhal has been an avid baseball fan for as long as he can remember, reading baseball stories and pouring over statistics in the Baseball Encyclopedia. He has written or compiled six books, including the best-selling Take Me Out to the Ballpark, Baseball...The Perfect Game, Baseball and the Meaning of Life, and The World Series: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Fall Classic, now in its fourth edition. A native New Yorker, he cheers for the Minnesota Twins in his adopted hometown of the Twin Cities, although the Pittsburgh Pirates will always remain dearest in his heart. He is an editor at Voyageur Press and lives in St. Paul.