Author’s Day to Feature Look at Baseball in the 1940s and 1950s
(COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.) Four noted baseball authors will present works about baseball in the 1940s and 1950s starting at 1 p.m. Thursday, August 14, in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s Bullpen Theater.
The Author’s Day presentation on Baseball’s Golden Era features Fred Glueckstein, Lee Lowenfish, Gary Moore, and Kadir Nelson.
Following the four 25-minute presentations, the authors will hold a book signing in the Library Atrium.
- Glueckstein’s book — Mickey Mantle: Rookie in Pinstripes — tells how the Yankees legend and Hall of Famer got his start in the big leagues, with an emphasis on Mantle’s relationship with his father.
- In Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman, Lowenfish examines Rickey’s career as well as his interaction with fellow owners and players.
- Moore’s Playing with the Enemy is a story — “inspired by true events” — of Gene Moore, a Navy seaman who taught prisoners of German U Boat U-505 how to play baseball. Author Gary Moore did not learn of his father’s remarkable story until the day before Gene Moore’s death.
- And in We Are the Ship, Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through its decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947.
The program is included with Museum admission and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, visit our baseballhall.org or call 888-HALL-OF-FAME (888-425-5633) or 607-547-7200.
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