Baseball: A Literary Anthology
 

Baseball: A Literary Anthology

Robert Frost never felt more at home in America than when watching baseball "be it in park or sand lot." Full of heroism and heartbreak, the most beloved of American sports is also the most poetic, and writers have been drawn to this sport as to no other. With Baseball: A Literary Anthology, The Library of America presents the story of the national adventure as revealed through the fascinating... (read more)

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Brandy P
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A great collection of stories, anecdotes, and even poems about baseball, including entries from Tallulah Bankhead's autobiography (and her love of the Giants. Argh. Go Dodgers) to pitching dynamo Satchel Paige's ode to succeeding in baseball and life. Each entry comes with a capsule summary of the author's life, and the facts are often interesting. For instance the author of the famous Casey at the bat poem/story never wrote another published piece, feeling that Casey was his magnus...

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