Rickwood Field: A Century in America's Oldest Ballpark

by Allen Barra

Book Overview

Allen Barra has journeyed to his native Alabama to capture the glories of a century of baseball lore. In chronicling Rickwood Field's history, he also tells of segregated baseball and the legendary Negro Leagues while summoning the ghosts of the players themselves --Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Ted Willians, and Willie Mays -- who still haunt baseball's oldest Cathedral. But Rickwood Field, a place where the Ku...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393069338
• ISBN13: 9780393069334
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"