Fifty-nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had
Edward Achorn, Author . Smithsonian $25.99 (366p) ISBN 978-0-06-182586-6
In his first book, Achorn, an editor at the New Providence Journal
, takes an in-depth look into the game of baseball when it was still in its infancy, especially the hard-nosed players rarely seen in today's incarnation of the national pastime,
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Edward Achorn. PublicAffairs, $26.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-61039-260-0
Achorn (Fifty-nine in '84) turns his attention to old-time professional baseball, visiting the nascent days of the American Association, more notably, the American Association that turned baseball into a nationally beloved sport. While the National...
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Edward Achorn. Atlantic Monthly, $28 (416p) ISBN 978-0-8021-4874-2
Journalist Achorn (The Summer of Beer and Whiskey) meticulously chronicles President Lincoln’s March 1865 inauguration in this kaleidoscopic history. Drawing from diaries, letters, memoirs, and newspaper reports, Achorn frames a poignant yet...
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