Alan D. Gaff is an independent scholar and the author of many books, including Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir, Bayonets in the Wilderness, Blood in the Argonne, and On Many a Bloody Field. He lives in Indiana. Baseball’s First Superstar: The Lost Life Story of … Continue reading Excerpt: Baseball’s First Superstar
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Schoolboy: The Untold Journey of a Yankees Hero (Nebraska, 2024) by Waite Hoyt and Tim Manners. … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Schoolboy
Chris Haft has spent nearly thirty years covering Major League Baseball, including fourteen seasons on the Giants beat: 2005–6, with the San Jose Mercury News, and 2007–18, for MLB.com. He is the author of If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the San … Continue reading Excerpt: A Giant among Giants
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Alou: My Baseball Journey by Felipe Alou with Peter Kerasotis. About the Book: Growing up in a tiny shack … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Alou!
Books American Journalists in the Great War Chris Dubbs Listed as “New and Noteworthy” in The New York Times Book Review. Rival Gardens Connie Wanek Praise from Rain Taxi Review: “It takes remarkable restraint to refine language so it is this transparent … Continue reading News and Reviews
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