{"product_id":"casey-at-the-bat-a-ballad-of-the-republic-sung-in-the-year-1888-caldecott-honor-book","title":"Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 (Caldecott Honor Book)","description":"\"And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville-mighty Casey has struck out.\" Those lines have echoed through the decades, the final stanza of a poem published pseudonymously in the June 3, 1888, issue of the San Francisco Examiner. Its author would rather have seen it forgotten. Instead, Ernest Thayer's poem has taken a well-deserved place as an enduring icon of Americana. Christopher Bing's magnificent version of this immortal ballad of the flailing 19th-century baseball star is rendered as though it had been newly discovered in a hundred-year-old scrapbook. Bing seamlessly weaves real and trompe l'oeil reproductions of artifacts-period baseball cards, tickets, advertisements, and a host of other memorabilia into the narrative to present a rich and multifaceted panorama of a bygone era. A book to be pored over by children, treasured by aficionados of the sport-and given as a gift to all ages: a tragi-comic celebration of heroism and of a golden era of sport.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1929766009\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.1929766009.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Thayer, Ernest L.|Bing, Christopher\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47347773210801,"sku":"RDV.1929766009.VG","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/1929766009-0.jpg?v=1780079417","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/casey-at-the-bat-a-ballad-of-the-republic-sung-in-the-year-1888-caldecott-honor-book","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}