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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Heritage Florida Jewish News, May 24, 2013
...the great sportswriters, “No Cheering in the Press Box” (1974) and “Baseball: A History of Baseball Scribes” (2005). John Thorn, Holtzman’s successor to the prestigious position, is something of a “polyglot.” His contributions run the gamut...
Canton Repository, May 9, 2013
...and exhibits at the Pro Football , will share anecdotes Friday from the book he edited with sports historian John Thorn, ?The Pro Football 50th Anniversary Book: Where Greatness Lives.? Horrigan will speak at the AultCare Fast Break Breakfast, which...
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...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 30, 2013
...summons echoes of baseball as the American game, the game of civic consciousness, local identity and body-politic attachment," John Thorn, the official historian for Major League Baseball, told the Times. "Once you get away from politicians and leaders...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 29, 2013
...summons echoes of baseball as the American game, the game of civic consciousness, local identity and body-politic attachment, John Thorn, the official historian for Major League Baseball, told the Times. Once you get away from politicians and leaders and...
Orlando Sentinel, May 25, 2013
...release." And you got to love an employer who writes "Name your lowest price." Thanks to John Thorn, the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball, for that intriguing glimpse into what once entertained us. He writes a great blog at...
Orlando Sentinel, May 25, 2013
...release." And you got to love an employer who writes "Name your lowest price." Thanks to John Thorn, the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball, for that intriguing glimpse into what once entertained us. He writes a great blog at...
Heritage Florida Jewish News, May 24, 2013
...the great sportswriters, “No Cheering in the Press Box” (1974) and “Baseball: A History of Baseball Scribes” (2005). John Thorn, Holtzman’s successor to the prestigious position, is something of a “polyglot.” His contributions run the gamut...
Denver Post, May 19, 2013
...Raiders added a state record in the 200 freestyle relay (1:22.74). Class 4A. Thompson Valley sophomore John Thorn had an impressive winning time of 49.78 seconds in the 100-yard backstroke Saturday, beating Air Academy standout Devon Davis (50.07) at...
Slate Magazine, May 13, 2013
...In praise of Pitching in a Pinch, Christy’s Mathewson’s recently re-issued book from 1912. (Here’s John Thorn’s review.) Josh’s kati: Will someone break the two-hour-marathon barrier? Podcast production and edit by Mike Vuolo. You can...
