Once More Around the Park: A Baseball Reader

Roger Angell

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The most celebrated baseball writer of our time has selected his favorite pieces from the last forty years in this definitive volume of his most memorable work. "As a chronicler of the game, he's in a class with Ring Lardner and Red Smith."-Newsweek.

Book Details

Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Publish Date: Feb 6th, 2001
Pages: 366
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.90in - 6.00in - 0.90in - 1.25lb
EAN: 9781566633710
Categories: • Baseball - Essays & Writings• Essays

About the Author

Roger Angell (1920-2022) was senior fiction editor of the New Yorker magazine and the author of, among other books, A Day in the Life of Roger Angell, The Summer Game, Five Seasons, Late Innings, and Season Ticket. In 2014, he was awarded the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, the Baseball Hall of Fame's honor for writers.

Praise for this book

"Good collections make for good writers. Angell's is one of the best."--Louis D. Rubin "News and Observer"

"An original and eclectic thinker who takes us right into the heart of the game."-- "Tampa Tribune Times"

"One of the most valuable players in American journalism."--Dan Cryer "Newsday"

"A magical collection...fits the game of dirt and spikes like one's favorite mitt fits one's hand."-- "Chicago Tribune"

"Angell covers the bases in this collection...marvelous imagery."-- "The New York Times"

"Angell writes with economical precision, nailing observations as a pitcher does corners."-- "Sports Illustrated"

"Roger Angell is the best baseball writer of our time--maybe ever."-- "Newsweek"

"The Babe Ruth of baseball writers."-- "The Boston Globe"

"No one writes more evocatively about the craft and magic of baseball than Roger Angell."--Michiko Kakutani "The New York Times"