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- catalog abstract "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, & over 500 photos. This is an incredible book for the baseball fan & 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 & read about the evolution of the game. For the most part, the chapters focus on decades & look at every aspect of the game, including the rules, players, owners, facilities, & fans. This is the companion book to the PBS television series. Bibliography & index.".
- catalog contributor b6126760.
- catalog contributor b6126761.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "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, & over 500 photos. This is an incredible book for the baseball fan & 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 & read about the evolution of the game. For the most part, the chapters focus on decades & look at every aspect of the game, including the rules, players, owners, facilities, & fans. This is the companion book to the PBS television series. Bibliography & index.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-472) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xxv, 486 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Baseball.".
- catalog identifier "0679404597 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Baseball.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House,".
- catalog relation "Baseball.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "796.357/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Baseball United States History Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Baseball United States History.".
- catalog subject "GV863.A1 W37 1994".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Baseball : an illustrated history / narrative by Geoffrey C. Ward ; based on a documentary filmscript by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns ; preface by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; with an introduction by Roger Angell ; contributions by John Thorn ... [et al.] and an interview with Buck O'Neil.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Illustrated works. rbgenr".
- catalog type "Pictorial works. fast".
- catalog type "text".