| Diamond Classics: Essays on 100 of the Best Baseball Books Ever Published Contributor(s): Shannon, Mike (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786418532 ISBN-13: 9780786418534 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: Each work, chosen with exquisite care by an expert, is analyzed and summarized. Its greatness as baseball literature, its place in the genre, its peculiarities, weaknesses, strengths, how the critics went for it -- all are discussed in such a way, with quotations, that reading or browsing Shannon's book is equivalent to absorbing a rich history of the sport. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History - Reference |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 89042571 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 8.94" (1.42 lbs) 455 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Each work, chosen with exquisite care by an expert, is analyzed and summarized. Its greatness as baseball literature, its place in the genre, its peculiarities, weaknesses, strengths, how the critics went for it--all are discussed in such a way, with quotations, that reading or browsing Shannon's book is equivalent to absorbing a rich history of the sport. |