For the Love of the Mets: An A-to-Z Primer for Mets Fans of All Ages

Klein, Frederick C.; Anderson, Mark [Illustrator]; Staub, Rusty [Foreword];

ISBN 10: 1600782043 / ISBN 13: 9781600782046

Editore: Triumph Books, 2009

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• Titolo: For the Love of the Mets: An A-to-Z Primer for Mets Fans of All Ages
• Editore: Triumph Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1600782043
• ISBN 13: 9781600782046
• Rilegatura: hardcover
• Disegnatore: Anderson, Mark
• Condizione: New
• Peso: 24 once

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Riassunto

Expressing the passion felt for the Mets using all 26 letters of the alphabet accompanied by rhymes, colorful illustrations, and informative text, this tribute to the New York team explores the sports obsession in a fresh and humorous way. Readers will enjoy fun facts and amusing illustrations of some of the most famous characters in the baseball team's history, including Carlos Beltran, Yogi Berra, Sid Fernandez, Keith Hernandez, Al Leiter, Lindsey Nelson, Mike Piazza, Jose Reyes, Johan Santana, Darryl Strawberry, and Bobby Valentine.

Informazioni sull?autore

Frederick C. Klein is a longtime writer and editor for the Wall Street Journal, where he originated the "On Sports" column. He is a freelance writer and the author of many books, including several other entries in the For the Love of . . . series. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mark Anderson is an illustrator whose work has appeared on the back cover of National Geographic, the New Yorker, and Time and inside the Atlantic Monthly, BusinessWeek, Harvard Business Review, Outside, and many other periodicals. He is the illustrator and designer of Triumph Books' popular For the Love of . . . series. He lives in Chicago. Rusty Staub is a former player for the New York Mets, a club ambassador for the team, the founder and chairman of the board of the New York Police and Fire Widows and Children's Benefit Fun Foundation, Inc., and the president of the Rusty Staub Foundation. He is also a gourmet chef, a restaurateur, and a philanthropist.