Ballpark: The Story of America's Baseball Fields
- ISBN-10
- 1416953604
- ISBN-13
- 9781416953609
- Series
- Ballpark
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 52
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-03-04
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Lynn Curlee
Description
Explores the histories and cultural significances of America's most famous "green cathedrals" as well as looks at the changing social climate that accompanied baseball's rise from a minor sport to the national pastime. Reprint.
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Other editions
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- 1995-03-01
- 288 pages
- Paperback
- Simon and Schuster
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- 2005-03-01
- 48 pages
- Paperback
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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