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What Is the World Series?

Name: What Is the World Series?
ISBN: 9780448484068

Gail Herman

Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · June 23, 2015

Reading lane: Baseball & Softball

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Why This Clicks

October’s Long Game

Baseball’s biggest championship offers a century-spanning look at changing games, hard-won triumphs, and heartbreak.

Come here for

A hundred years of World Series history
Baseball triumphs, heartbreak, and superstitious curses

Expect

A lively look back at America’s pastime
The original games, and how they differ from today’s

Book Details

Authors: Gail Herman
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: June 23, 2015
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Baseball & Softball · Baseball History
Reading lane: Baseball & Softball

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U.S. History
Sports & Recreation
Baseball & Softball

About This Book

"Strike – you’re out!" "He’s safe!" "Homerun!" Every October, millions of baseball fans around the country anxiously wait to see which team wins baseball's biggest championship. But the original games of the 1900s hardly look like they do today. Take a look back over one hundred years and discover the history of baseball's greatest series. With triumphs, heartbreak, and superstitious curses, this action-packed book brings America’s Pastime to life.