John Thorn's Books
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Baseball in the Garden of EdenThe true, unknown, and wonderfully entertaining story of baseball's origins in the 19th century, as revealed by the game's preeminent historian.Read More
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NewsBlaze, February 8, 2013
...its details of the trip, which had been largely overlooked until this publication. As MLB's official historian John Thorn wrote when the book was published (University of Nebraska Press), "How did two nations which shared the values of the same...
Poughkeepsie Journal, January 18, 2013
...Game's official historian: 'It's the Hall of FAME' I spoke with John Thorn in Cooperstown during the 2012 Baseball Hall of Fame Induction weekend. Sure, we talked baseball; its the common tongue in Cooperstown. But when youre talking baseball with...
SportsBusinessNews.com, January 10, 2013
...the Baseball Hall of Fame. “Plaster saints is not what we have in the Hall of Fame,” said John Thorn, perhaps the nation’s most widely known baseball historian and the author of more than a dozen baseball books in the New York Times report...
Bend Bulletin, January 10, 2013
...never been conclusively verified. ?Plaster saints is not what we have in the Hall of Fame," said John Thorn, perhaps the nation?s most widely known baseball historian and the author of more than a dozen baseball books. ?Many were far from moral...
New York Times, January 8, 2013
...has never been conclusively verified. Plaster saints is not what we have in the Hall of Fame, said John Thorn, perhaps the nations most widely known baseball historian and the author of more than a dozen baseball books. Many were far from moral...
Individual.com, December 15, 2012
...football fanatic: "The Pro Football Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary Book: Where Greatness Lives" (by Joe Horrigan and John Thorn; published by Grand Central Publishing, 320 pages, $34.99) offers the highlights of the Hall of Fame in one convenient volume,...
Detroit News, December 11, 2012
...-- Susan Whitall "The Pro Football Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary Book," edited by Joe Horrigan and John Thorn (Grand Central Publishing, $34.99) OK, it's a less-than-riveting title … but if you have any appreciation for football history, you'll...
NBC Sports, January 18, 2013
...to be immediately and effortlessly successful in other pursuits as well. Which, unfortunately, isn’t always the case." John Thorn had an explanation too. I like his answer better. Either way, fun article...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, January 18, 2013
...Game's official historian: 'It's the Hall of FAME' I spoke with John Thorn in Cooperstown during the 2012 Baseball Hall of Fame Induction weekend. Sure, we talked baseball; its the common tongue in Cooperstown. But when youre talking baseball with...
Poughkeepsie Journal, January 18, 2013
...Game's official historian: 'It's the Hall of FAME' I spoke with John Thorn in Cooperstown during the 2012 Baseball Hall of Fame Induction weekend. Sure, we talked baseball; its the common tongue in Cooperstown. But when youre talking baseball with...
Scranton Times-Tribune, January 15, 2013
...what we have in the Hall of Fame ... many were far from moral exemplars," said baseball historian John Thorn. Baseball's historical pantheon has entered the steroid era and Hall of Fame voters last week put up a rare "0" on the admission's scoreboard. ...
Houston public radio, January 12, 2013
...and raucous group of men who would climb down off their plaques and go rampaging." Baseball historian John Thorn points out that before players were rich men with non-profit foundations, "they were not considered fit for polite company," he says. "And...
The Empire, January 12, 2013
...and raucous group of men who would climb down off their plaques and go rampaging." Baseball historian John Thorn points out that before players were rich men with non-profit foundations, "they were not considered fit for polite company," he says. "And...
WKAR, January 12, 2013
...and raucous group of men who would climb down off their plaques and go rampaging." Baseball historian John Thorn points out that before players were rich men with non-profit foundations, "they were not considered fit for polite company," he says. "And...
