Willie Mays - Art in the Outfield

Klappentext Lively and unusual art inspired by baseball's best all-around player. Zusammenfassung As much as any other sports figure! Willie Mays embodies the changes that racial integration brought to America's game fields and its larger culture in the mid-20th century. This work includes 40 representations of how contemporary artists respond to and portray the skill! fame! and love of the game that make Mays so remarkable and memorable.

About the author

Mike Shannon is the editor/publisher of Spitball magazine, a keen baseball observer and analyst, and a confessed Mays partisan. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Shannon
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.2007
• EAN: 9780817315405
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-1540-5
• No. of pages: 89
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history