Peanuts and Crackerjack: A Treasury of Baseball Legends and Lore - Hardcover

Peanuts and Crackerjack; A Treasury of Baseball Legends and Lore

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Printing [Stated]. Format is approximately 7.5 inches by 9.5 inches. [10], 294 pages. Illustrations. DJ has some wear and soiling. Black mark on bottom edge. Contents include: Preface; The Pastime; Spring; Between the Lines; Planes, Trains, and Automobiles; Superstitions; Real Fans; Strangers in a Strange Land; Managers; Affairs of the Heart; Money; Stunts, Tricks, and Practical Jokes; Arguments and Fisticuffs; Hurts, Fall Classics, Winter; and Ballplayers. Also has a Bibliography and Index. Gathers baseball anecdotes concerning spring training, travel, superstitions, fans, managers, eccentric players, and World Series games. David Cataneo, a native of Yonkers, NY, graduated with honors from Boston University and worked for 22 years in Boston journalism at the Herald and Globe. He has been an adjunct professor of English and Journalism at the University of New Hampshire since 2009. He is also the director of the UNH Online Writing Lab. David Cataneo is a former baseball columnist and award-winning reporter for the Boston Herald. Cataneo is the author of six nonfiction books and one novel. His books include I Remember Ted Williams, I Remember Joe DiMaggio, and Tony C, a finalist for the 1997 Casey Award for the best baseball book. Derived from a review in the Library Journal: As the author suggests, the romance of baseball is rooted largely in its lore and legends. To further the notion, he offers a succession of anecdotes spanning a variety of topics, including superstitions, practical jokes, travel tales, injuries, off-field transgressions, and salary disputes. A majority are set prior to 1950. They are stories a bat boy might have overheard in a dugout during a lengthy rain delay. Some are not only humorous but insightful as history. Artikel-Nr. 83718

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