The 521 All-Stars: A Championship Story of Baseball and Community [Hardcover]

Byron Baldwin (Author, Photographer)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Black Belt Press; 1st ed edition (June 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573590207
• ISBN-13: 978-1573590204
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 10.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,708,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect summer read for a fan of the national game,., July 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The 521 All-Stars: A Championship Story of Baseball and Community (Hardcover)

What a wonderful visual study of the nature of community and the joy of sport. The text captures the context but the energy, passion and love of the players is a delight to behold in the photographs. This book should be in every public school library in the nation. I can see young people spending hours looking and reading and being inspired at the vision of a place where values, a love of community, faith and sport are demonstrated in an authentic and traditional way. I'm glad I owe this book!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The 521 All-Stars, December 28, 1999

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Darrin C Skinner (Heidelberg, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The 521 All-Stars: A Championship Story of Baseball and Community (Hardcover)

Outstanding book. this is the first book that I have read that focused on smalltown USA and the will and esprit that a town puts into a baseball team. I found the book to be extrememly inspirational and the photography was excellent. Definitely worthy of reading.....I truly enjoyed each and every page.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars True spirit of community, December 26, 1999

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Ben Maschal (Charlotte, North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The 521 All-Stars: A Championship Story of Baseball and Community (Hardcover)

Through evocative and tasteful photographs, coupled seamlessly with simple yet poignant prose, this book certainly deserves the five star rating. Baldwin and Galliard have definately captured a piece of what it is that makes us human. Despite the fact that the book's focus is baseball, the real story lies in the community that fuels the small-town league. This idea of a community that relies on its members to exist is nearly lost in a society laden with technology. Somehow, the boys in Rembert, South Carolina, and their love of the game, have managed to survive. If you are interested in good photography, black history, baseball, or southern culture, then this book is truly a must have.