BASEBALL: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY KEN BURNS & Geoffrey C Ward (1994, HC, 1st Ed)

Baseball: An Illustrated History 1st edition Hardcover by Geoffrey C.Ward & Ken Burns 1994. THE ITEM LISTED IS BASEBALL AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY BOOK BY KEN BURNS & GEOFFREY C. WARD. "BASEBALL: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY" IS THE COMPANION VOLUME TO KEN BURNS' PBS DOCUMENTARY. THE NARRATIVE, WRITTEN BY GEOFFREY C. WARD, IS BASED ON THE DOCUMENTARY FILMSCRIPT BY WARD AND BURNS. WHAT THIS MEANS IN PRACTICAL TERMS IS THAT EVERYTHING YOU HEAR & A LOT OF WHAT YOU SEE IN THE CELEBRATED SERIES IS IN THIS BOOK, PLUS A LOT MORE. EACH CHAPTER/INNING ENDS W AN ESSAY, SUCH AS BILL JAMES ON "STATS," DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN ON BEING A "FAN," GEORGE F. WILL ON "FIFTIES BASEBALL" THERE IS ALSO AN INTERVIEW WITH BUCK O'NEIL, WHO EMERGED FROM "BASEBALL" AS THE GAME'S GREATEST LIVING GOOD WILL AMBASSADOR. WHAT YOU WILL APPRECIATE THE MOST ARE THE LITTLE TOUCHES: WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE DOMINANCE OF THE YANKEES IN THE 1950'S WE GET A FULL PAGE OF CHOICE QUOTES PRESENTING "THE WISDOM OF CASEY STENGEL...AND YOGI BERRA." THERE ARE ADS FEATURING BABE RUTH, PICTURES OF OLD TOBACCO CARDS, THE COMPLETE "CASEY AT THE BAT," AND DOZENS OF OTHER LITTLE GEMS SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THE BOOK. AS OPENING DAY APPROACHES EACH YEAR MY ANNUAL RITE OF SPRING IS TO WATCH "BASEBALL," AND I ALWAYS TAKE OUT THIS COMPANION VOLUME Excellent Pre-Owned Condition, some light wear but in great condition FAST SHIPPING. SHIP SAME OR NEXT BUSINESS DAY. New to Poshmark? Sign up with code REGGIE88188 and get $10 off your first purchase