{"product_id":"great-american-baseball-stories-lyons-press-classics-9781493039012","title":"Great American Baseball Stories: Lyons Press Classics","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollected 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 Great American Baseball Stories, you can still sit in the bleachers for a nickel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRelive the golden era of baseball with timeless classics from: \u003cbr\u003eAlbert G. Spalding \u003cbr\u003eHenry Chadwick \u003cbr\u003eErnest Lawrence Thayer \u003cbr\u003eGrantland Rice \u003cbr\u003eSol White \u003cbr\u003eBrig. Gen. Fredrick Funston \u003cbr\u003eZane Grey \u003cbr\u003eCandy Cummings \u003cbr\u003eAlfred H. Spink \u003cbr\u003eBurt L. Standish \u003cbr\u003eLester Chadwick \u003cbr\u003eFinley Peter Dunne \u003cbr\u003eChristy Mathewson \u003cbr\u003eDamon Runyon \u003cbr\u003eGrover Cleveland Alexander \u003cbr\u003eGerald Beaumont \u003cbr\u003eRing Lardner \u003cbr\u003eHugh Fullerton \u003cbr\u003eRalph D. Blanpied \u003cbr\u003eCharles E. Van Loan \u003cbr\u003eP.G. Wodehouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Silverman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493039012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Silverman\u003c\/b\u003e, a former columnist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Herald Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e, has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and several national magazines. He is also editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLardner on Baseball, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Golf Stories Ever Told, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eClassic Golf Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernard Darwin on Golf, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lyons Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":66737792122995,"sku":"9781493039012","price":19.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_28f68f64-61f9-4c9a-8a80-6be5a37d8280.jpg?v=1790680867","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/great-american-baseball-stories-lyons-press-classics-9781493039012","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}