Lineup for Yesterday
Author | : Ogden Nash |
Publisher | : Creative Editions |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2011-08-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 1568462123 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781568462127 |
Rating | : 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: In 1949, SPORT magazine published Lineup for Yesterday, a collection of poems by Ogden Nash celebrating the greatest big-league baseball players of the 1800s and early 1900s. Using an alphabetical approach, the famous wordsmith paid entertaining tribute to 24 legends of the diamond, encapsulating each in just 4 clever lines. Creative Editions is proud to present this masterpiece to a new generation of fans, reintroducing icons from the formative years of professional baseball. The masterful mixed-media illustrations of C. F. Payne portray these heroes of summer in their athletic primes in this, the first-ever picture book publication of Nash s classic.