The Bronx Is Burning meets Chuck Klosterman in Big Hair, a wild pop-culture history of baseball's most colorful and controversial decade. The Major Leagues witnessed more dramatic stories and changes in the '70s than in any other era. The American popular culture and counterculture collided head-on with the national pastime, rocking the once-conservative sport to its very foundations. Outspoken players embraced free agency, openly advocated drug...

"In this welcome work, leading historians of early baseball provide profiles of more than fifty clubs and their players. Engaging narratives bring these long-ago clubs back to life, stimulating more research on this fascinating era and creating a standard reference source for all who study America's national pastime"--Provided by publisher.

"In the early days of WWII, President Roosevelt was faced with a difficult decision: stop all of professional baseball for the good of victory or lose a vital part of morale. Roosevelt's answer saved baseball for generations to come. He decided that THE GAME MUST GO ON. This is the story of American baseball during WWII, both the players who left to join the war effort, and the struggle to keep the game going on the home front. Many of the top players...

Discusses great home run hitters in the history of baseball and focuses on the significant accomplishments of Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa in the 1998 season.

"Baseball's Great Expectations features the fascinating stories of baseball players who were on the cusp of greatness, who everyone expected to be the next superstar, but never quite lived up to the hype-or through tragic circumstances, never had the chance"--

"Combed from the vast archives of Baseball Digest, America's longest running baseball publication, Steve Milton selects 50 stories from the magazine's celebrated feature, "The Game I'll Never Forget." This tremendous collection of first-hand accounts from the players who participated in some of baseball's most incredible games is illustrated with archival photos and Topps baseball cards -- one for each player from the season in which the story happened."--...

Mary Shelley: Raised by a renowned philosopher in eighteenth-century London, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin is a teenage dreamer determined to make her mark on the world. When she meets the dashing and brilliant poet Percy Shelley, a torrid, bohemian love affair begins that is marked by both passion and personal tragedy, and fuels the writing of her Gothic masterwork. Suffragette: Inspired by true events, this moving drama centers on Maud, a working...