{"product_id":"the-cooperstown-symposium-on-baseball-and-american-culture-9780786413577","title":"The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William M. Simons\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Popular Culture - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is an anthology of 23 papers that were presented at the Thirteenth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held June 6-8, 2001, and co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Featuring keynote remarks from George Plimpton, author of \u003ci\u003eHome Run: The Best Writing About Baseball's Most Exciting Moment, \u003c\/i\u003e this Symposium examined such topics as baseball's myths, legends and tall tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e These essays, divided into sections titled \"Mythic Heroes,\" \"Media Mythology,\" \"Myth and Mystery\" and \"Myths in Progress,\" go beyond the quick and easy judgments of the media and offer instead the longer, more informed views of scholars and researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614259593367,"sku":"9780786413577","price":4621.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786413577.webp?v=1775092203","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-cooperstown-symposium-on-baseball-and-american-culture-9780786413577","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}