Bibliograph

Ballpark, the story of America's baseball fields, Lynn Curlee

Type

Label

Ballpark, the story of America's baseball fields, Lynn Curlee

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page [44])

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

1140L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ballpark

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

54079545

Responsibility statement

Lynn Curlee

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 7.5, 1, 80957

Sub title

the story of America's baseball fields

Summary

From the first ballpark converted from an ice rink in 1862 to the space-aged Houston Astrodome to the league's newest state-of-the-art stadiums, this book tells the history of baseball through its ballparks. As America changed so did its ballparks, and their various architectural forms helped shape the game we know today. If you love baseball, chances are you love one particular ballpark. Boston fans wax poetic about Fenway Park. Cubs fans are adamant that Wrigley Field is the classic ballfield. Busch Stadium is a hit with folks from Missouri, and Yankee fans are passionate about the House That Ruth Built.... Besides passionate fans, there's one other thing all ballparks -- from the Union Grounds in Brooklyn built in 1862 to the Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards built in 1992 -- have in common: Each has its own vibrant and unique history. In Ballpark, Sibert Honor Award winner Lynn Curlee explores both the histories and the cultural significances of America's most famous ballparks. Grand in scope and illustrations, and filled with nifty anecdotes about these "green cathedrals, " Ballpark also explores the changing social climate that accompanied baseball's rise from a minor sport to the national pastime. This is a baseball book like no other

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification