America's Classic Ballparks: Celebrating Parks Past and Present

(Hardback)

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

America's Classic Ballparks takes you out to the ballgame with an interactive tour through America's ballpark landmarks that includes ten removable replicas of historic ballpark documents.

Baseball parks are as American as apple pie and America's Classic Ballparks commemorates nine ballparks guaranteed to spark nostalgia for the old ball game. Featuring striking images and pop-ups, America's Classic Ballparks offers a wealth of information on these beloved national landmarks.

The iconic ballparks featured include:

- Ebbets Field
- Tiger Stadium
- Polo Grounds
- Original Yankee Stadium
- Fenway Park
- Wrigley Field
- Dodger Stadium
- Oriole Park at Camden Yards
- Oracle Park

Reliving everything from opening day at Fenway Park to the top ten moments in Yankee stadium, ballpark enthusiasts will revel in stadium trivia and cherish the historic photographs found throughout these pages. Authored by prolific sportswriter James Buckley Jr., America's Classic Ballparks is the perfect addition to any sports library.

Author Bio

James Buckley Jr. has been writing sports books for adults and young readers for more than 25 years after working for Sports Illustrated and NFL Publishing. Among his best-known titles are Perfect: The Story of Baseball's Perfect Games; Unhittable; Eyewitness Baseball; The Visual Dictionary of Baseball; and Obsessed with Baseball. He is the author of more than 20 sports biographies for young readers, including the recently published graphic nonfiction title Babe Ruth: Baseball's All-Time Best. His company, Shoreline Publishing Group, produces dozens of books each year for major publishers including Penguin, Scholastic, DK, National Geographic Kids, Simon & Schuster/Aladdin, and many others.