At the Old Ballgame: Stories from Baseball's Golden Era

Before multimillion-dollar salaries, luxury boxes, and player strikes became synonymous with professional sports, there existed the belief in playing simply "for the love of the game." Nothing captures that spirit better than these twenty classic pieces about America's favorite pastime. Collected here are the writings of Ring Lardner, Zane Grey, the Giants' immortal Christy Mathewson, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Finley Peter Dunne (who for a time was America's most popular humorist after Mark Twain), Burt Standish (creator of that all-American hero, Frank Merriwell), and many more. Baseball's golden era may have long since passed, but in the pages of At the Old Ballgame, you can still sit in the bleachers for a nickel.Relive the golden era of baseball with timeless classics from: Albert G. SpaldingHenry ChadwickErnest Lawrence ThayerGrantland RiceSol WhiteBrig. Gen. Fredrick FunstonZane GreyCandy CummingsAlfred H. SpinkBurt L. StandishLester ChadwickFinley Peter DunneChristy MathewsonDamon RunyonGrover Cleveland AlexanderGerald BeaumontRing LardnerHugh FullertonRalph D. BlanpiedCharles E. Van LoanP.G. Wodehouse

Author: Jeff Silverman
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 02/18/2014
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780762796496

About the Author
Jeff Silverman, a former columnist for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, has written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and several national magazines. He is also editor of The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told, Lardner on Baseball, The Greatest Golf Stories Ever Told, Classic Golf Stories, Bernard Darwin on Golf, and The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told.