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    Fenway

    With it being the old girl’s 100th birthday, numerous books have been published celebrating the event.

    http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...eywords=fenway

    Any recommendations

    Cheers

    Aussie
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    Fenway 1912 is an excellent read as it describes the building of Fenway Park as well as it's first season. The author earned an award and did some fine research. I was pleasantly surprised.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AussieYank View Post
    With it being the old girl’s 100th birthday, numerous books have been published celebrating the event.

    http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...eywords=fenway

    Any recommendations

    Cheers

    Aussie
    Can you recommend a good book on the early history of Australian Rules Football?
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    Quote Originally Posted by TonyK View Post
    Can you recommend a good book on the early history of Australian Rules Football?
    Sure Tony, these are the ones that I have.

    A Game of Our Own by Geoffrey Blainey (this one is your best bet for early history)
    http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...ame+of+our+own

    100 Years of Australian Football (coffee table book)
    http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...4026969X&sts=t

    The clubs: The Complete History of Every Club in the AFL / VFL (coffee table book)
    http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...he+VFL+%2F+AFL

    The Hard Way: The History of the Hawthorn Football Club by Harry Gordon (has been re-published as “All For One”) I’m A Hawks fan
    http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...n=the+hard+way

    I can also recommend Rugby League books if you are interested.
    I believe in all that - in baseball, in picnics, in freedom. Walt Whitman, 1888

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    Quote Originally Posted by AussieYank View Post
    With it being the old girl’s 100th birthday, numerous books have been published celebrating the event.

    http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...eywords=fenway

    Any recommendations

    Cheers

    Aussie
    And I miss old Tiger Stadium.
    Just a baseball layman trying to make sense of it all...

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