The National League Story: The Official History. Foreword by Warren Giles. (Signed by Lee Allen.)

ALLEN, Lee [Leland Gaither] (1915-1969):

Published by New York: Hill & Wang, 1961., 1961

About this Item

First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good, in dust jacket. Signed by Lee Allen on the front flyleaf. 'In early 1959, the National Baseball Hall of Fame announced that Allen would replace retiring Ernest J. Lanigan as historian. It was a propitious appointment for both the Hall and Allen who brought with him to Cooperstown not only his knowledge and research skills, but also a vast baseball library. . . . Allen established a daily routine that included meeting a steady stream of visitors, answering mail as soon as it arrived, and chipping away at the long-range research projects he set for himself. His workdays soon stretched to twelve hours and his weeks to seven days. . . . Allen did not sit on his research. He turned it into a long list of articles, innumerable speeches to dozens of groups, and a series of books renowned for their original insights. In The National League: The Official History (1961), for example, he used his unprecedented access to league documents and correspondence to throw new light on pivotal events such as Fred Merkle's 'boner' and Hal Chase's involvement in fixing games' (Steve Gietschier, 'Lee Allen', Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Web site). Seller Inventory # 22078

Bibliographic Details

Title: The National League Story: The Official ...

Publisher: New York: Hill & Wang, 1961.

Publication Date: 1961

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition