Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game - Couverture rigide

Vecsey, George

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ISBN 10 : 0679643389 ISBN 13 : 9780679643388

Editeur : Random House Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Book by Vecsey George

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

“Football is force and fanatics, basketball is beauty and bounce. Baseball is everything: action, grace, the seasons of our lives. George Vecsey’s book proves it, without wasting a word.”
–Lee Eisenberg, author of The Number

In Baseball, one of the great bards of America’s Grand Old Game gives a rousing account of the sport, from its pre-Republic roots to the present day. George Vecsey casts a fresh eye on the game, illuminates its foibles and triumphs, and performs a marvelous feat: making a classic story seem refreshingly new.
Baseball is a narrative of America’s can-do spirit, in which stalwart immigrants such as Henry Chadwick could transplant cricket and rounders into the fertile American culture and in which die-hard unionist baseballers such as Charles Comiskey and Connie Mack could eventually become the tightfisted avatars of the game’s big-money establishment. It’s a celebration of such underdogs as a rag-armed catcher turned owner named Branch Rickey and a sure-handed fielder named Curt Flood, both of whom flourished as true great men of history. But most of all, Baseball is a testament to the unbreakable bond between our nation’s pastime and the fans, who’ve remained loyal through the fifty-year-long interdict on black athletes, the Black Sox scandal, franchise relocation, and the use of performance-enhancing drugs by some major stars.

Reverent, playful, and filled with Vecsey’s charm, Baseball begs to be read in the span of a rain-delayed doubleheader, and so enjoyable that, like a favorite team’s championship run, one hopes it never ends.

“Vecsey possesses a journalist’s eye for detail and a historian’s feel for the sweep of action. His research is scrupulous and his writing crisp. This book is an instant classic—— a highly readable guide to America’s great enduring pastime.” — The Louisville Courier Journal

Revue de presse

Football is force and fanatics, basketball is beauty and bounce. Baseball is everything: action, grace, the seasons of our lives. George Vecsey s book proves it, without wasting a word. --Lee Eisenberg, author of The Number

Vecsey possesses a journalist s eye for detail and a historian s feel for the sweep of action. His research is scrupulous and his writing crisp. This book is an instant classic a highly readable guide to America s great enduring pastime. --The Louisville Courier Journal

WINNER 2007 - New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age --WINNER 2007 - New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Random House Inc
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0679643389
• ISBN 13: 9780679643388
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible