A Brig of War by Richard Woodman: a short review
‘Twould be a better book without Lt. Morris. Except for that, an excellent tale of the Royal Naval’s little war against Napoleon in the Red Sea. Based on fact, but only loosely so.
Archive for February, 2009
Filed under Bookworm Alley Posted on February 26th 2009
Waterloo Diamonds by Richard Panek: a short review
This book is almost entirely about how the Diamonds died. It’s a portrait of the owners, the team officers, and the city slowing coming to realize that the team was no longer viable, and of the efforts of a large number of people to stave off what was perhaps inevitable. It’s also an exploration of the causes of that death. Waterloo Diamonds is a wonderful, if sad, book, and its great strength is its sympathetic portraits of the principal characters. They didn’t all agree, and their differences are the drama. Excellent book; if you can find a copy I highly recommend it.
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February 11th 2009
Specs (~1946)
The Umpire Cards–really they were repurposed Player Cards–were maintained by The Sporting News from around 1910 to about 1985. All the umpire cards are available on Retrosheet; the TSN player cards are not available anywhere.
Filed under Baseball CrankSpace Posted on February 6th 2009
