{"product_id":"baseball-and-other-matters-in-robert-w-creamer-9780803264069","title":"Baseball and Other Matters in 1941","description":"\"This is a baseball book, but whether Creamer intended it or not, it's much, much more.\"-Sports Illustrated. \" Creamer] recalls this momentous year in baseball and world history. He reprises Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, Ted Williams's .406 batting average, Hank Greenberg and the draft, the furious Dodgers-Cardinals pennant fight, and the ensuing World Series. All this is portrayed against the looming U.S. entry into World War II.\"-Library Journal. Robert W. Creamer, one of the best and most perceptive writers on baseball, remembers the baseball-and other matters-of 1941 in a tribute to the game that is also part memoir. Creamer was a long-time writer and editor at Sports Illustrated. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including the following Bison Books: Stengel: His Life and Times, Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat, Jocko, and The Quality of Courage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert W. Creamer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803264062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803264069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.37w x 0.78d","brand":"Robert W. Creamer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981250330879,"sku":"9780803264069","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_588ca2e8-6c16-4271-8212-df26e82744fc.jpg?v=1683254485","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/baseball-and-other-matters-in-robert-w-creamer-9780803264069","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}