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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 796.357640977311 EAN: 9781581826371 ISBN: 1581826370 Label: Cumberland House Publishing Manufacturer: Cumberland House Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: April 01, 2008 Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing Studio: Cumberland House Publishing Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Few things evoke as much emotion as the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field. Love them or hate them, the Cubs have a mystique all their own. In Classic Cubs: A Tribute to the Men and Magic of Wrigley Field, artist John Hanley celebrates the glorious history and milestones of the team and highlights a galaxy of hall of fame ballplayers with more than 125 original oil paintings and drawings created exclusively for this book. Classic Cubs evokes the powerful sense of mood that only fine art can create. Hanley's paintings record the legacy and beauty of the game and the valor of those who played it, illustrating the ivy-covered walls and the manually operated scoreboard of Wrigley Field and recounting the legendary players, announcers, owners, and the famous curse. All are beautifully depicted through the art, and the text contains many interesting stories and little-known facts. Wrigley Field and the Chicago Cubs have been the subject of many books, but none before have captured the spirit of the team through the powerful display of an artist's brush. A beautifully painted history of the team, Classic Cubs dramatically details where some of baseball's most dramatic and bittersweet moments occurred. Overall, John Hanley has brought his love of the game of baseball to this project. His art recreates the personal connection and intimate friendship between a team and its fans. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Sports and ArtWhat really struck me about this book was the perfect marriage of writer and artist, and how that combination helped me recapture all those wonderful things about baseball, and specifically, the Chicago Cubs, that I love. If you've ever sat in Wrigley, or even just wanted to, you've felt what it is to love and appreciate baseball the way this book's authors do. It's a love that's timeless, but frustratingly fleeting. Well, this book, and the fine work of Hanley and Deluca, brings those glorious ... Read More Rating: - Classic Cubs: A Tribute to the Men and Magic of Wrigley FieldThis beautiful book is a MUST for every Cubs/Baseball fan, and is unique because of the beautiful artistic renderings of notable players, managers, owners of the Cubs, along with a comprehensive and detailed backround - both current and historic. We have given many to friends and customers who are avid Cub fans and the positive feedback has been a delight to receive...makes a wonderful gift!! Rating: - No Cubs fan should be without this book!This exquisite book is an excellent tribute to that Midwest institution, the Chicago Cubs. The book covers everything from the players, through the managers, the owners, the announcers (including Harry Caray, Holy Cow!), to the ballparks, and on to great and not-so-great moments in Cubs history. Overall, I must say that I found this to be a fantastic book. There are no photographs in this book, but instead it is richly illustrated with many colorful paintings done by John Hanley, a nationally ... Read More Rating: - WOW.... Ten stars !!!WOW. That's what I said to myself when the book arrived and I sat looking at the cover with the magnificent art work of John Hanley which makes the book a keeper in itself. Then I opened the book and WOW all over again. Now, I am not a baseball junkie, but I am a history/art buff, and reading about the Cubs and their history from players, to owners, to Wrigley Field mesmerized me. And loved the examples of the change in uniforms over the years. If you have a baseball fan be it a ... Read More Rating: - A must-own book for all Cubs fansI have been a baseball fan all of my life, my boyhood dream was to play in the major leagues. At that time I knew the names of all the players and could quote most of their statistics. I also read a great deal of the history of the game and could recite most of the all-time records. After it became clear that the only way I would ever set foot in a stadium was as a paying customer, I became a fan of the Chicago Cubs. For nearly forty years I have watched them closely, mostly with a sense of frustration. However, ... Read More 
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