Baseball : an illustrated history
1994
Book
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 the game. For the most part, the chapters focus on decades and look at every aspect of the game, including the rules, players, owners, facilities, and fans. This is the companion book to the PBS television series. Bibliography and index.
Item Details
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
Publisher: New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, [1994]Subjects:
Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953-