When Baseball Was Still Topps
Card by card--all 572 of the ''59 Topps set--this book contemplates the lives and times of mid-20th century baseball. That season was in the heart of a period of turmoil: milestones in integration, franchise shifts to the West Coast, a potential rival league, the major leagues'' expansion, and labor issues that included paying young prospects not to play.
The cards help tell the players'' sto...
Card by card--all 572 of the ''59 Topps set--this book contemplates the lives and times of mid-20th century baseball. That season was in the heart of a period of turmoil: milestones in integration, franchise shifts to the West Coast, a potential rival league, the major leagues'' expansion, and labor issues that included paying young prospects not to play.
The cards help tell the players'' sto...
