First Pitch: How Baseball Began
Author:   John Thorn
Publisher:   Beach Ball Books
ISBN:  

9781936310043


Pages:   40
Publication Date:   01 May 2011
Format:   Paperback
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First Pitch: How Baseball Began


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Author:   John Thorn
Publisher:   Beach Ball Books
Imprint:   Beach Ball Books
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   0.206kg
ISBN:  

9781936310043


ISBN 10:   193631004
Pages:   40
Publication Date:   01 May 2011
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents 1. Waking Up 2. The Pirate 3. The Classroom 4. Jimbo 5. A Bishop in his Heart 6. Big Mike Tries 7. The Apartment 8. Mary, Mary 9. Freckles 10. The Files 11. Dr. O 12. The Treatise 13. What's Wrong With This Picture? 14. The Machine 15. The Pandemic 16. Why Shouldn't I? Appendix A. Transcription of The Treatise B. NCI Cancer Statistics, 1973-88 C. Autopsy Report - Mary Sherman D. Mary Sherman's Medical Records Bibliography

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John Thorn is America's foremost baseball historian, and the author many award-winning titles on the sport, including Total Baseball, The Hidden Game of Baseball, and Treasures of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was the senior consultant on the Ken Burns documentary, Baseball, and was given the Bob Davids Award, the highest honor given by the Society for American Baseball Research. In 2011, he was named the Official Historian of Major League Baseball by Commissioner Bud Selig.

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