For baseball history, you couldn't go wrong with the following:
Lords of the Realm - John Helyar
Raceball - Rob Ruck
Playing America's Game - Adrian Burgos
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Originally Posted by almostdone
Well its that time of year again when my extended family wonder what to get me for Christmas. For the last few years I have asked on Net54 for any book suggestions. I always get some insight and pass the list along and inevitably end up with a good supply of baseball reading for the next year.
Instead of listing what I already have I will just leave it open for any and all suggestions as this might help benefit other reader on the boards as well. I'll add in a good list in a future post of what I have read and liked once we get this thread rolling.
Interests would be anything on vintage card collecting, baseball history but I usually stay away from biographies unless there is one you just have to tell about, also love the growth and expansion era of baseball (1940's through the 1970's) so anything relating to that, Brooklyn Dodgers and so on.
Let me know your thought and please feel free to share as much info to try and spread the love of a good book.
Drew
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