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A Yankees Collection
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 26, 2003
Perhaps more has been written about the New York Yankees than about any other sports team.
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- Who it’s for
- A century of Yankees history, gathered through writers who made games and moments singular.
- Themes
- New York Yankees history, Baseball and sports journalism
- Genres
- Baseball Essays, Baseball History, Sports Writing
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Perhaps more has been written about the New York Yankees than about any other sports team. And the magic that has played out on the field over the years has been rivaled only by baseball scribes' prowess on the page. Excellence breeds excellence, and for 100 years some of the best writers in America have chronicled the New York Yankees, taking a single swing or game and somehow making it singular.
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This brand-new anthology from the series editor of The Best American Sports Writing and author of Yankees Century collects the best writing about the Yankees over the course of their long history. Published to coincide with the team's centenary celebration, this is a must-have volume for fans the world over who claim the New York Yankees as their own.
Yankees Through Writers
A century of Yankees history, gathered through writers who made games and moments singular.
Come here for
- Writing about the Yankees across their long history
Expect
- An anthology of writing about the New York Yankees
- Coverage ranging from a single swing to a game
Where it sits
| Baseball Essays | 89% |
|---|---|
| Baseball History | 63% |
| Sports Writing | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sports Lives
- Creative Writing
- Journalism
- American Literary Collections
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- Baseball Essays
- Baseball History
- Sports Writing
- Sports History
- Authors
- Glenn Stout
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 26, 2003
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- New York Yankees history · Baseball and sports journalism
- Reading lane
- Sports Lives