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Title: Something to Write Home About: Great Baseball Memories in Letters to a Fan by Seth Swirsky ISBN: 0-609-60894-0 Publisher: Crown Publishers Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An incredible book
Comment: These days, you never see 'works' like this. The work that went into getting these beautigul and timeless letters. The astounding photographs that go with them. Just a treat to read. Also, a really GREAT gift to give for any baseball fan. I guarantee they've never seen anything like it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Proud to own it
Comment: Quite frankly, with so much work that continually piles up on my desk, I didn't 'jump' right into this book when someone gave it to me as a birthday gift following Mr. Swirsky's appearance on The Today Show.
I picked it up this summer and was completely and totally overwhelmed by the emotions it brought out in me. Not only is it a beautiful book (you must actually SEE it to understand and EXPERIENCE it), but it is a book to learn from. You find yourself reminiscening about things in your own chiildhood through the letters that were written to Mr. Swirsky (from the guy who's grandfather invented wiffleball to paul mccartney of the Beatles). So, the book is like a personal time machine. But, more than that, I learned so many things through these letters, "life" things. The window is "baseball", but once you crawl through it, it really unlocks deep and beautiful emotions.
I don't write too many "reviews" per se-- but this book deserves everything everyone I've seen on 'google' says about it. It's highly original and compelling. I'm proud to own it.
Stan
Rating: 5
Summary: Something to Treasure
Comment: This book is truly great in the fact that even after you've read the letters in it, months later, you remember what some people said--and those things were so inspiring: peter tork of the monkees talking about how 'participating' in an event is, in itself, such a great thing to do. Or, Martin Luther's King's photographer, Flip Schulke, remembering what a great dad Dr. King was...i never thought of dr. king as a father, only as a civil rights leader. Or the guy who's grandfather invented wiffleball and what makes it such a special game.With baseball as a backdrop, all of these intyeresting people wrote to the author (along with some of my favorite baseball players).This book is a true gem, not only for what it is when you're reading it, but for what it is when you are NOT reading it.If you just took away from this visually beautiful book a simple life lesson or two (and you take away many more than that), it would be well worth it. it has been to me and those i've given it to. I highly, highly recommend it to anyone who likes...life!
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Title: Every Pitcher Tells a Story: Letters Gathered by a Devoted Baseball Fan by Seth Swirsky ISBN: 1400047374 Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA) Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Baseball Letters: A Fan's Correspondence With His Heroes by Seth Swirsky ISBN: 1568361521 Publisher: Kodansha America Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Why Is The Foul Pole Fair? (Or, Answers to the Baseball Questions Your Dad Hoped You Wouldn't Ask) by Vince Staten ISBN: 0743233840 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Glove Affairs: The Romance, History, and Tradition of the Baseball Glove by Noah Liberman, Yogi Berra ISBN: 1572434201 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Roadside Baseball : A Guide to Baseball Shrines Across America by Chris Epting ISBN: 0892047143 Publisher: Sporting News Books Pub. Date: 22 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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