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Baseball
The acclaimed nationwide best seller and companion volume to Ken Burns’s grand-slam PBS documentary—updated and expanded to coincide with the broadcast of a new, two-part Tenth Inning that lokos back on the age of steroids, home-run records, the rise of Latino players, and so much more.
With a narrative by Geoffrey C. Ward, a preface to the new edition by Ken Burns and Lynn...more
With a narrative by Geoffrey C. Ward, a preface to the new edition by Ken Burns and Lynn...more
Paperback, 512 pages
Published
September 21st 2010
by Knopf
(first published 1994)
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This volume contains a lot that is very good. Its structure is a bit forced (nine innings, or periods, of baseball history). The 9th inning, as others have noted, covers a large time frame compared with earlier "innings." I'm not sure that the decade is the best way of organizing baseball history, either. Still and all, that's more a matter of taste than anything else.
The book's authors candidly observe that they will focus on eastern teams, e.g., Boston Red Sox and Brookl...more
The book's authors candidly observe that they will focus on eastern teams, e.g., Boston Red Sox and Brookl...more
I am definitely not a huge baseball fan, but one thing that is very true of Ken Burns is that he is so passionate about the things that he documents, and brings so much enthusiasm to the subject that unless you are dead set against what ever it is, you will be sucked in and enjoy what he enjoys--it's a gift he has. The photos in this book are spectacular and unlike alot of coffee table books the writing is actually better than the pictures. Well worth having on your coffee table.
The companion book to the Ken Burns video series; it has excellent material on the beginnings of baseball, the Negro leagues, women's leagues, and the modern era.
I enjoyed the book more than the PBS documentary. Interesting parallels between what was happening in baseball and in American history at the same time.
A comprehensive history of baseball from its origins through 2009 that suffers unders the vast history it wants to recount. It simply can't do 140+ years of drama justice. Plus as an illustrated history, it should have more images. Finally, the book ends on a sour note - BALCO and the major league dopers.
Beautiful shots! Great coffee table book, a must for baseball lovers
Companion to the PBS series - wonderfully readable with great photos.
A great sports/history book (perfect for dads, brothers, boyfriends)
Great companion to the excellent PBS series.
A spectacular, comprehensive look at the history of baseball, starting in the 1800's, that explores why we love the game and why we continue to love the game despite all its changes over time: greedy owners, greedy players, etc. It makes me want to have a son and go out in the back yard and have a catch with him, and re-live all the great childhood memories of this great game.
I have just gotten into baseball. This book just cemented my love for the game. I so look forward to the joys of watching baseball, teaching my children about the game, the history, and the payers,teams, that made it what it is today. Great Stuff!
I had to read it for class... and I actually read the WHOLE THING!!! I'm not interested in baseball, but it is interesting, I guess... considering :)
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i just love this book! it has lots of pictures and stories and just makes baseball of the past come alive!
The companion book to Ken Burns' great TV series on baseball. Great pictures. Opening day is around the corner!
If you enjoy baseball you will love this book full of history and stories about the game.
Best book for an interesting overview of baseball history with fabulous historical images.
Who knew baseball was so awesome? I guess Ken Burns and Geoffrey Ward did.
Fantastic book for fans of the game and newcomers alike.
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Geoffrey Champion Ward is an author and screenwriter of various documentary presentations of American history. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1962.
He was an editor of American Heritage magazine early in his career. He wrote the television mini-series The Civil War with its director Ken Burns and has collaborated with Burns on every documentary he has made since, including Jazz an...more
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He was an editor of American Heritage magazine early in his career. He wrote the television mini-series The Civil War with its director Ken Burns and has collaborated with Burns on every documentary he has made since, including Jazz an...more
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