Fenway 1912: The Birth of a Ballpark, a Championship Season, and Fenway's Remarkable First Year
- ISBN-10
- 0547195621
- ISBN-13
- 9780547195629
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 392
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Glenn Stout
Description
A centennial tribute to the beloved ballpark shares the behind-the-scenes story of its tumultuous origins and first year, sharing coverage of such topics as the unorthodox blueprint that belies the park's notorious quirks, the construction contributions of local citizens and the history-making World Series battle between the Red Sox and the Giants. 25,000 first printing.
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