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Dickson Baseball Dictionary by Paul Dickson (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393340082
ISBN-139780393340082
eBay Product ID (ePID)150515055
Product Key Features
Edition3
Book TitleDickson Baseball Dictionary
Number of Pages1008 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicBaseball / General
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation
AuthorPaul Dickson
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight56.3 Oz
Item Length1 in
Item Width0.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition19
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsA wonderful companion volume...enough to last a fan through a 162-game season and the playoffs....What a treasure to have at hand with a long season ahead. , A wonderful companion volume...enough to last a fan through a 162-game season and the playoffs....What a treasure to have at hand with a long season ahead. , This grand book is truly a baseball lover's dream come true. From the first to the last page, it provides an enjoyable experience for readers to treasure. Of special note are the handsome presentation, adequate type size, and editorial care taken with photos and layout that makes the book accessible without compromising comprehensiveness. An essential guide to America's pastime. , Dickson's discursive dictionary...a delight for former sandlot players, lexical scholars and members of the hot-stove league. , Dickson's discursive dictionary...a delight for former sandlot players, lexical scholars and members of the hot-stove league. , Always attuned to lore and language, Dickson ventures far beyond dugout expressions that have already dug out a place in common American speech., Baseball-loving dads need this book now. It's the perfect gift any time, but to receive it at the start of baseball season--well, it doesn't get any better than that., If you're a baseball fan and...you're curious about the etymology of the phrase out in the left field or you need a refresher on the infield fly rule. Well for 20 years, the authority, the baseball Bible, if you will, has been The Dickson Baseball Dictionary. , If you're a baseball fan and...you're curious about the etymology of the phrase out in the left field or you need a refresher on the infield fly rule. Well for 20 years, the authority, the baseball Bible, if you will, has been The Dickson Baseball Dictionary. , If you "re a baseball fan and...you "re curious about the etymology of the phrase out in the left field or you need a refresher on the infield fly rule. Well for 20 years, the authority, the baseball Bible, if you will, has been The Dickson Baseball Dictionary ., [E]xtraordinary book...of value beyond the cost. If you or someone you love has an interest in [baseball, this] will be [a] welcome addition to any collection...so readable, so accessible, and such a pleasure to dip into, to research into, or to just sit down and read for the narrative flow.
Dewey Decimal796.357/0973
SynopsisHailed as a staggering piece of scholarship (Wall Street Journal) and an indispensable guide to the language of baseball (San Diego Union-Tribune), The Dickson Baseball Dictionary has become an invaluable resource for those who love the game. Drawing on dozens of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals, as well as contemporary sources, Dickson s brilliant, illuminating definitions trace the earliest appearances of terms both well known and obscure. This edition includes more than 10,000 terms with 18,000 individual entries, and more than 250 photos. This impressively comprehensive (The Nation) book will delight everyone from the youngest fan to the hard-core aficionado.", The definitive work on the language of baseball--one of the "Five Best Baseball Books" (Wall Street Journal)., Hailed as "a staggering piece of scholarship" ( Wall Street Journal ) and "an indispensable guide to the language of baseball" ( San Diego Union-Tribune ), The Dickson Baseball Dictionary has become an invaluable resource for those who love the game. Drawing on dozens of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals, as well as contemporary sources, Dickson's brilliant, illuminating definitions trace the earliest appearances of terms both well known and obscure. This edition includes more than 10,000 terms with 18,000 individual entries, and more than 250 photos. This "impressively comprehensive" ( The Nation ) book will delight everyone from the youngest fan to the hard-core aficionado., The expanded and now-definitive work on the language of baseball--"absorbing and enlightening reading" ( Sports Illustrated ). Hailed as "a staggering piece of scholarship" ( Wall Street Journal ), The Dickson Baseball Dictionary has become an indispensable resource for those who love the game. Drawing on dozens of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals as well as contemporary sources, Paul Dickson's brilliant, illuminating definitions trace the earliest appearances of terms both well known and obscure. More than twenty-five years in the making, with the help of more than three hundred baseball and lexical experts, this new edition is expanded by more than thirty percent to over 10,000 terms with 18,000 individual entries. It introduces words and phrases from around the world of baseball, including those introduced by Latin-American ballplayers, and statistical expressions relating to fantasy baseball and the SABR/ Moneyball era. Packed with more than 250 photos--many rare and previously unpublished-- The Dickson Baseball Dictionary will delight everyone from the youngest fan to the hard-core aficionado.
LC Classification NumberGV862.3
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