Bill Hageman
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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 3
Average rating: 3.0 of 5
A treasure trove 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful.
This isn't your normal linear history of baseball. The author assumes anyone who buys a book like this already has a clue.But imagine rooting around an uncle's attic and discovering shots of Ruth, Gehrig and other greats both as players and, incredibly, as human beings.
My guess is not only have most of these photos never been seen, but never has even the most fanatic lover of baseball seen pictures of immortals in the context of real life as they're seen here.
Is everyone in the book? No. Is it loaded with stats? Wrong book.
This is a find, a treat, not another "Photographic History of Baseball." We have those. These are photographs, and this is a book, to cherish.
Editorial Review:
Featuring vintage baseball photograps From the archives of the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Herald, and Chicago Herald-American, this remarkable collection of baseball photographs resurrects the game's nostalgic past, a golden age when players were more accessible and photographers worked closer to their subjects. The names of those pictured--Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb--will be familiar to fans, but the spontaneous poses, such as Babe Ruth donning a fireman's helmet for the outfield cameras, may not be. The sense of informal fun of a long-gone baseball era is uniquely captured in the pages of Baseball Between the Wars.
