Tom’s Book Nook
Welcome to Tom’s Book Nook. for several years I have been and reviewing sports books only. Now it is time to delve into other genres and this is the place for those books with a short synopsis of them. Please keep coming back for those as I add them as I read them. Enjoy!!
The full title of this book by Joe Bonomo is “No Place I Would Rather Be; Roger Angell and a Life in Baseball Writing”. This 223-page book was published on May 1, 2019, by the University of Nebraska Press. Those that are baseball fans are fully aware of the writings by Roger Angell as he…
This book delves into the social issue of how sports mascots are viewed and how they are insensitive to some groups including the Native Americans.
This is a book about the 1985 baseball season in the City of New York and how the fans of the Mets and Yankees fought for supremacy.
“Let’s Play Two: The Life and Times of Ernie Banks” By Doug Wilson This book covers a full gamut of the life of Ernie Banks. It is interesting to get a deeper understanding of his life in and around Dallas as a player and more importantly in a deeply racist city that reminds black people…
This book by Florio and Shapiro chronicles the 1960’s and how events such as racism and reserve clause shaped the national pastime into today’s game.
This is a unique approach to giving the readers a look into the history of The Masters in a hole-by-hole detailing the great golf tourney.
“Baseball: A History of America’s Game” from the University of Illinois Press by Benjamin G. Rader is a book that every fan needs and we review it here.
This book review examines that horrible stretch in the New York Islanders organization starting with a hideous looking logo.
This is a wonderful book about the Golden Era of Tennis during the 1970s through 1990s when Borg, Edberg, and Wilander ruled professional tennis.
This book by Bob Gibson and Phil Pepe details many of the adversities that the Hall of Fame pitcher had to endure as a black athlete.