Baseball for Everyone : Stories from the Great Game

An illustrated history of baseball, covering the origins of the game, some of its best-known players, & significant changes in rules & practices throughout the 19th & 20th cent. Published in association with the Folk Art Museum, New York City, this book includes photographs of folk arts with a baseball theme. The folk artists picked up a piece of wood, paper, canvas, cotton, or metal. They thought about what to make & found subjects close to their own backyards -- ball games & ball players. The artists expressed their passion in sculptures, weathervanes, signs, & quilts. There is even a section on 19th-century baseball cards. The images (& the players) in this book come from the U.S., but also Cuba, the Dominican Republic, & Japan.Coleman, Janet Wyman is the author of 'Baseball for Everyone : Stories from the Great Game', published 2006 under ISBN 9780756799724 and ISBN 0756799724.