{"product_id":"baseball-noah-gittell-9781637272640","title":"Baseball: The Movie","description":"\u003cb\u003eFeaturing \u003ci\u003eField of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bad News Bears\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA League of Their Own\u003c\/i\u003e, and more: a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eprobing and entertaining work at the intersection of pop culture and sports\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Baseball has always been a symbol as much as a sport. With a blend of individual confrontation and team play, a luxurious pace, and an immaculate urban parkland setting, it offers a sunny rendering of the American Dream, both the hard work that underpins it and the rewards it promises. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Film, America's other national pastime, which magnifies and mythologizes all it touches, has long been the ideal medium to canonize this aspirational idea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaseball: The Movie\u003c\/i\u003e is the first definitive history of this film genre that was born in 1915 and remains artistically and culturally vital more than a century later. Writer and critic Noah Gittell sheds light on well-known classics and overlooked gems, exploring how baseball cinema creates a stage upon which the American ideal is born, performed, and repeatedly redefined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Traversing history and mythmaking, cynicism and nostalgia, this thoroughly researched book takes readers on a multifaceted tour of baseball on film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Noah Gittell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1637272642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637272640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Triumph Books (IL)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Noah Gittell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44598764962047,"sku":"9781637272640","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f45a3d21-771a-43b8-ab39-1f1da6ea00a8.jpg?v=1702384304","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/baseball-noah-gittell-9781637272640","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}