Baseball

Baseball An Illustrated History

Updated Edition

Hardback (21 Sep 2010)

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Publisher's Synopsis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER  The acclaimed companion volume to Ken Burns's grand-slam PBS documentary-updated and expanded to include the two-part Tenth Inning that looks back on the age of steroids, home-run records, the rise of Latino players, and so much more.

"A rich concoction of narrative, essays, and photos [that] dazzles the eye.... In so many ways you are reminded that rooting for baseball is like breathing." -The New York Times

With a narrative by Geoffrey C. Ward, a preface to the new edition by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, a new chapter by Kevin Baker, and an introduction by Roger Angell.

Essays by Thomas Boswell, Robert W. Creamer, Gerald Early, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Bill James, David Lamb, Daniel Okrent, John Thorn, George F. Will.

And featuring an interview with Buck O'Neil.

Book information

ISBN: 9780307273499
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint: Knopf
Pub date:
Edition: Updated Edition
DEWEY: 796.357
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 564
Weight: 2259g
Height: 292mm
Width: 241mm
Spine width: 51mm