{"product_id":"the-fifth-season-donald-honing-9781566638104","title":"The Fifth Season: Tales of My Life in Baseball","description":"\"If you were much of a boy growing up in the Maspeth section of Queens in the late 1930s and 1940s, you had the baseball fever. It seemed contagious, but it struck mostly from within. . . . Often, in later years, when I was writing a long series of books on the game, some well-intended philistine would ask to have explained to him the fascination with baseball. I offered my stock answer: 'If you have to ask the question, you'll never understand the answer.'\" With this small confession Donald Honig begins his charming memoir of a life devoted to the charms of baseball, including the many great figures of the game he has known in the past half-century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Honing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1566638100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566638104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ivan R. Dee Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.32w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2009 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2009 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2009 pg. 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 80","brand":"Donald Honing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44213230797055,"sku":"9781566638104","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ef77ea4-aa69-42d7-bbd7-04e5f9227b0d.jpg?v=1692112759","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fifth-season-donald-honing-9781566638104","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}