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The Big Show: Charles M. Conlon's Golden Age Baseball Photographs,Used
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Charles M. Conlon created iconic images of baseballs glorious heyday, taking about 30,000 photographs of the sport from 1904 to 1942. In The Big Show: Charles M. Conlons Golden Age Baseball Photographs, soulful, striking shots of Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, and hundreds of other major leaguers are paired with captions meticulously based on contemporary reports and quotes from the players themselves. In their own words, colorful characters spill the beans about famous scandals, divulge quirky characteristics, and tell littleknown stories.In 1993, Abrams acclaimed Baseballs Golden Age first celebrated Conlons photographs. Research in the Conlon Collection of the Sporting News later uncovered a cache of brilliant, rare photographs. Showcasing this windfall, the booka musthave for baseball fans young and oldis the definitive collection of Americas best baseball photographers work, offering a moving depiction of past baseball greats.Praise for The Big Show:With The Big Show: Charles M. Conlons Golden Age Baseball Photographs, edited by Neal and Constance McCabe, the photographer gets a well deserved day in the sun. The more than 200 portraits here capture the soul of the early gamewhether the subjects be stars or . . . something less. The players have been long forgotten. Conlons photographs should not be.Sports IllustratedIn 1993, [Neal and Constance McCabe] produced Baseballs Golden Age: The Photographs of Charles M. Conlon (Abrams). The book was a revelation in black and white, a time machine to the era of wooden ballparks, legal spitballs and manual typewriters . . . Nearly two decades later, Neal and Constance McCabe have teamed on a worthy and riveting sequel titled The Big Show: Charles M. Conlons Golden Age of Baseball Photographs (Abrams). The book features more than 200 photos (this time digitally produced from the glass negatives), as well as Neal McCabes fascinating captions.Los Angeles TimesThis beautifully rendered study from the McCabesthe brother/sister writing team who produced Baseballs Golden Ageoffers a superb range of photos and intelligent prose, covering the many forgotten men of baseball, as well as some giants.Publishers WeeklyThe captions by Neal and Constance McCabe are revelations in themselves.Washington PostThis is one beautiful baseball book. New York Post
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