Description: Two award-winning sports journalists tell the astonishing story of one of the country's most prized icons--the legendary Honus Wagner baseball card--and bring to light the myths, lore, rumors, and facts that have shaped this card's legend.
Brief description:
Teri Thompson is a former top editor at the New York Daily News, where she created the newspaper's award-winning sports investigative team that broke the Chuck Blazer story in 2014. Before coming to the News, she was a sports olumnist at the Rocky Mountain News and an editor at ESPN. She has co-authored two books, including the critically acclaimed "American Icon: The Fall of Rogers Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America" and is also a member of the Connecticut bar.
Review Quotes:
"Lively and well-researched." - Sports Illustrated.com
"[The Card is] the story of a rare piece of Americana that spans nearly a century and involves scores of diverse lives and shadowy deals." - Daily News