Author(s): Ogden Nash,Linell Nash Smith,C F Payne
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 55
Publisher: Creative Editions
Language: English
Date Published: 2011-08-24
Dimensions: 243.84 x 279.4 x 17.78mm
Publication City/Country: Mankato, MN, United States
Edition: Reprint
Illustrations: Illustrations, color

In 1949, SPORT magazine published Lineup for Yesterday, a collection of poems by Ogden Nash celebrating the greatest big-league baseball players of the 1800s and early 1900s. Using an alphabetical approach, the famous wordsmith paid entertaining tribute to 24 legends of the diamond, encapsulating each in just 4 clever lines. Creative Editions is proud to present this masterpiece to a new generation of fans, reintroducing icons from the formative years of professional baseball. The masterful mixed-media illustrations of C. F. Payne portray these heroes of summer in their athletic primes in this, the first-ever picture book publication of Nash s classic.