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Knock it out of the park with this gift idea…
2009 has been a fabulous year for baseball books. Publishers have been peppering the outfield with one great title after another.
I just stumbled across another one that would make a lovely gift for that passionate baseball fan you know; “Baseball Americana-Treasures from the Library of Congress” (Harper) is a coffee table volume that is jammed with an extraordinary array of fascinating baseball goodies.
Baseball was truly the American pastime. This book has page after page of artwork; cartoons, illustrations, baseball cards, advertisements, photographs, sheet music, books and posters.
Here’s the earliest known printed image of the sport from 1787. The first baseball card (1865). A chromolithograph of the first professional team, The Cincinnati Red Stockings from 1869.
Here’s an ad for Chesterfield cigarettes with star endorser Jackie Robinson. Here’s the cover of Sports Illustrated from 1970; Reds catcher Johnny Bench is chasing a pop up. His tongue is hanging out.
So was mine as I perused this fabulous book. Give a copy to that baseball fan that you know-the one that is so hard to shop for.
Time’s a’wastin’…..
Vick Mickunas
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By downsized
December 16, 2009 5:58 PM | Link to this
Awesome is a word I seldom use. Sure sounds appropriate about this book!