Baseball Americana is a lavishly illustrated history of America’s favorite sport, compiled from the unparalleled collections of the Library of Congress, now available from Smithsonian Books. From baseball’s biggest stars to street urchins, from its most newsworthy stories to sandlot and little League games, Baseball Americana tells the history of baseball’s hardscrabble origins, rich cultural heritage, and uniquely American character.
9 1/4 X 11 5/8; Pages: 256
The New York Times Holiday Gift Guide
puts BASEBALL AMERICANA on the Nice list:
'Baseball Americana: Treasures From the Library of Congress'
By HARRY KATZ, FRANK CERESI, PHIL MICHEL, WILSON McBEE and SUSAN REYBURN
Sorry, Cooperstown. The Library of Congress houses the world’s largest collection of baseball memorabilia, and this artful and overstuffed book presents the best of that material, from New Deal photographs to vintage baseball cards to classic advertisements. The book is a yea-saying celebration of the sport, and reminds us how everything about baseball has changed and yet nothing has. "If you took someone from the era of President McKinley at the end of the 19th century and put him or her in a ballpark early in the 21st century," George Will writes in his forward, "the time traveler would feel right at home." (Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins, $29.99)