The Ultimate Baseball Book: The Classic Illustrated History of the World's Greatest Game - Softcover

Okrent, Daniel; Lewine, Harris; Nemec, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618056688 ISBN 13: 9780618056682

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 2000

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2000 Pages: 432 Publisher: Mariner Books The Ultimate Baseball BOOK has more than is the lived up to its name the Spanning the complete history of the sport from the Fledgling leagues in the late 1870s to The powerhouses of the 1990s and revealing in the process what a remarkable effect baseball has had on our collective experience. this is THE book for any and all baseball fans. certain to grace coffee and bedside tables alike. Designed with that wonderful nostalgia that the sport itself so often evokes. THE ULTIMATE BASEBALL BOOK combines timeless images with a sweeping narrative history as well as essays on various idols and icons by such heavy hitters as Red Smith. Wilfrid Sheed. Roy Blount. Jr .. Tom Wicker. and Geoge Will. This new edition covers baseball through the nineties. the decade when home run records fell and the sport reclaimed its hold o...

About this title

Product Description:

Updated and expanded for the the new season, this lavishly illustrated history of the game begins with the early leagues in the 1870s and follows the game through good and bad patches with narrative commentary by Red Smith, Wilfrid Sheen, Roy Blount, George Will, and others. Reprint.

Synopsis:

Traces the history of baseball and offers profiles of the individuals who shaped the game.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0618056688
• ISBN 13: 9780618056682
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Okrent Daniel, Lewine Harris, Nemec David