Baseball: The National Pastime in Art and Literature (Fair Street/Welcome Book) (Hardcover)

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Baseball, wrote Walt Whitman, is "our game, the American game." Countless other writers and artists have agreed with him. In Baseball: The National Pastime in Art and Literature, fiction, nonfiction and poetry run alongside visual art - paintings, drawings, posters, folk art, magazine covers - all in exuberant celebration of the game. Editor David Colbert (Eyewitness to America, Eyewitness to the American West) has compiled writing and commentary from such diverse sources as Sherwood Anderson, Yogi Berra, Donald Hall, Philip Roth, Don DeLillo, Grantland Rice, Stephen King, Annie Dillard, Pete Hamill, Roger Angell, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Abbott & Costello and Ogden Nash. Artists are equally varied, ranging from Andy Warhol to Currier & Ives, as well as lesser-known illustrators for popular magazines like Boy's Life and Vanity Fair. This is an attractive and substantive gift book for baseball fans of all ages.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 239 pages
• Publisher: Time Life Medical (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073700102X
• ISBN-13: 978-0737001020
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #766,312 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the 5 stars are for the graphic design and the contributors, April 19, 2001

By	David Colbert - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I loved editing this book. With the writers mentioned in the Publishers Weekly review above, you can guess why. But you'll be even more amazed, as I was, by the vibrant art and design. Deborah Bull and Greg Wakabayashi have created something special. David Colbert

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BASEBALL IS IN MY BLOOD, May 15, 2001

By	"mary70" (appleton, wisconsin) - See all my reviews

What a wonderful Mother's Day gift for one who truly loves the game of baseball. This book is baseball and writing at its best....from Humphrey Bogart's saying...a hot dog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz....to the marvelous photos and poems...to Ann Hood's MEMOIR..and her love for the game. As Robert Frost said...some baseball is the fate of all of us.....and for us lucky ones...more than some please!! Despite all its problems, baseball is a great game!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MORE THAN COFFEE TABLE FODDER, December 21, 2001

By	Tim Peeler "tpeeler" (Hickory, NC United States) - See all my reviews

Colbert does a marvelous job here at combining the various elements of baseball-related art. In this collection you will find some of the very best poems and fictional outtakes that have been written about the game. But the speakers are not limited to professional writers. There are player quotes, journalistic snippets, and even a famous comedic routine.

Finally, the art work is stunning and layed out in a way that accentuates both the visual and verbal aspects of the book. Highly recommended for the fan of literature or baseball that wants something that is both beautiful and meaningful.