Five days after the sinking of the Titanic, Boston's Fenway Park held its grand opening. Since that day, millions have witnessed the Red Sox play baseball. Their "Royal Rooters" evolved into the "Fenway Faithful" and are now commonly referred to as "Red Sox Nation." Nine World Series have been staged upon Fenway's turf, along with three Major League All-Star Games. Aside from baseball, Fenway has been host to professional and amateur football games, ice hockey, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, hurling, boxing and wrestling matches, and even a circus. Music from concerts has reverberated across its lawn, religious services have been held, and political rallies staged--all adding patches to the quilt of Fenway's rich, illustrious history. The structure that noted author John Updike referred to many decades ago as "a lyric little band box" has become one of New England's most beloved historical landmarks.
Fenway Park: 100 Years: The Official, Definitive History of America's Most Beloved Ballpark
Documents the baseball stadium's history through a decade-by-decade account, providing historical photographs and personal accounts of Boston Red Sox players, staff, sportswriters, broadcasters, and fans.
A pop-up scale model of Fenway Park is accompanied by text and photographs that recreate the stadium's history and lore
Looks at the history of Fenway Park and the Boston Red Sox along with a pop-up replica of the ballpark.
This is a book for all of us. Larry Tye, author of SATCHEL: The Life and Times of an American Legend Glenn Stout has done the impossible: he has put an end to the seemingly bottomless genre that is Fenway Park books. We now need no more.
A Red Sox rookie is accused of murder in the first Mickey Rawlings historical mystery “that will leave readers eager for subsequent innings” (Publishers Weekly).
Neal Elliott sells peanuts for Aramark at games. His father Hank was the public address announcer in 1948 (paid $20.83 per game). Neal's uncle Paul threw peanuts in the 1950s. Neal himself started when he turned fourteen, ...
Honoring the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park, this is a nostalgic and reverent look at America's # 1 baseball shrine--the national treasure that has been home to more than 600 straight sellouts and some of baseball's greatest games and ...
This book, which contains over 300 period photographs and illustrations, has at its core the individual biographies of every player on the team, even Douglass Smith—who appeared in just one game.
Relates the history of the Red Sox and their home, Fenway Park.