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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 4–8—Originally published in the January 1949 issue of Sport magazine, Nash's well-known ABC collection of four-liners about 24 baseball greats—with careers spanning the years 1890–1953—has been reproduced as an illustrated book, along with statistics and biographical information on each player added by the poet's daughter, Linell Nash Smith. The selections are laden with references to players' nicknames, exaggerations about their capabilities (pitcher Walter Johnson "...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Handsome, expansive portraits accompany Nash's incisive alphabetic verse about nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century ba...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
