Ballpark: The Story of America's Baseball Fields (Lynn Curlee Wonders of the World)

Lynn Curlee explores both the histories and the cultural significance of America's most famous ballparks. Grand in scope and illustrations, and filled with nifty anecdotes about these "green cathedrals," Ballpark also explores the changing social climate that accompanied baseball's rise from a minor sport to the national pastime. This is a baseball book like no other.