The classic baseball book--with a new section on the 1980s and an essay by George F. Will. "The historical text, the anthology of essays, (and) the selections of photographs with their lively captions . . . (show) why baseball's hold on our national imagination remains unique."--New York Times. 850 photographs.
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Review:
With a line-up of essayists that includes Red Smith, Robert Creamer, Wilfred Sheed, and Tom Wicker, this coffee-table volume, which separates the game's rich history into decades, reached all-star status the day it debuted almost 20 years ago. It is literate and literary, but so are many of baseball's best books; no other one connects its words with its hundreds of photographs in such an elegant double-play.
About the Author:
Daniel Okrent is an editor-at-large at TIME, INC., and has published four books, including the best-selling BASEBALL ANECDOTES and NINE INNINGS: THE ANATOMY OF A BASEBALL GAME. The author resides in New York City.
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- PublisherHoughton Mifflin
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0395596971
- ISBN 13 9780395596975
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages394
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