Description: "This is a history of Major League Baseball's first All-Star Game, originally conceived in 1933 as a one-time "Game of the Century" to lift the spirits of the nation and its people in the midst of the Great Depression. The work describes the game, from the Chicago Tribune's early advocacy for the contest through every play"--Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Lew Freedman is a long-time, prize-winning journalist for such newspapers as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, Anchorage Daily News, Seymour, Indiana's The Tribune and Wyoming's Cody Enterprise. Specializing in sports and the outdoors, he has written more than 100 books. He lives in Columbus, Indiana.