This book essentially constitutes the “liner notes” for a 6-CD set comprising 153 tracks of early bluegrass music, mostly recorded for small and long-since departed regional record labels. In the early 1970s, the three founders of Rounder Records -- Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton Levy, and Bill Nowlin -- devoted a considerable period of time (with the crucial help of many) to preparing 10 long-playing albums of early bluegrass music. This is very much "music from another time" -- 153 tracks of early bluegrass music, and the stories of the singers and musicians who made this time. Released over a few years, the albums present some of the best of early bluegrass.

The Early Days of Bluegrass

Arts & Photography

Nowlin, Bill

Music

Rounder Books

As a major-league baseball Hall of Famer, there is little doubt that Ted Williams was the greatest hitter of his era. THE KID presents the story of Williams' formative years, the years before he made it to the major leagues. From Mexican-American and English-Welsh roots, and from a broken home, this child of the Depression determined to become "the greatest hitter who ever lived" and many feel he accomplished his goal. This book presents the perspectives of eight authors--representing the Ted Williams Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research, the SABR chapter based in San Diego. The authors write about Ted's family roots, his sandlot ball, high school play and his seasons with the Pacific Coast League and American Association teams before, at age 20, he joined the Boston Red Sox and began his career in big league baseball.

The Kid: Ted Williams in San Diego

THORNLEY, STEW

Swank, Bill

Larwin, Tom

Boyle, Dan

Naiman, Joe

Bauer, Carlos

Walker, G. Jay

Smith III, James D.

Biographies & Memoirs

Roger Abrams latest book discusses the vices of baseball and how they reflect American society. The Dark Side of the Diamond relates little-known parts of baseball history, presenting evidence of game-fixing and gambling dating to the mid-19th century. Cobb, Ruth, Mantle, Rose, and Bonds are both idols and flawed human beings. While baseball can teach young people resourcefulness, fortitude, teamwork and pride, it is just as likely to instruct them in violence, disparagement, cheating, and human frailty.

The Dark Side of the Diamond: Gambling, Violence, Drugs and Alcoholism in the National Pastime

History

Abrams, Roger I.

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Red Sox Threads is Bill Nowlin's collection of tangents and tidbits assembled while working on a dozen books about Boston's team. The first Native American, players who were stabbed or shot or committed suicide, the only Red Sox player to play before the King of England. Stats and streaks and hidden ball tricks, the time the team traveled to the wrong city.think of a thread to follow and there's a good chance it's unraveled here.

Red Sox Threads: Odds and Ends from Red Sox History

Sports & Outdoors

Baseball

Gil Santos and Gino Cappelletti first teamed up to broadcast New England Patriots games in 1972 and have been the first choice of fans to bring them the action ever since. Filled with great tales about life in the National Football League, A View From The Booth offers a behind the scenes look at radio announcers Gil and Gino in action. They are the best in the business, and A View From The Booth is their story.

View from the Booth : Gil Santos and Gino Cappelletti: 25 Years of Broadcasting the New England Patriots

Jim Baker

Charles D. Burgess

Until Red Sox fans could relax (a bit) after expunging The Curse, it seemed taboo to study their last championship year, 1918, an overlooked season in the shadow of World War I with players leaving for military service or war-related work.Thirty researchers from the Society for American Baseball Research offer biographies of each man on this intriguing team, ranging from Babe Ruth and Harry Hooper to Red Bluhm, who batted only once.

When Boston Still Had the Babe: The 1918 World Series Champion Red Sox

Bill Nowlin

In 1948, the Boston Braves won the NL pennant and went to the World Series. The Red Sox lost a one-game playoff to Cleveland. That loss prevented a Braves/Sox Fall Classic. 40 members of the Society for American Baseball Research have contributed biographies of all 72 Red Sox and Braves players and numerous other essays. Included are dozens of previously unpublished photos and a Diamond Mind simulation of a Braves/Sox Streetcar Series.

Spahn, Sain, and Teddy Ballgame: Boston's Almost Perfect Baseball Summer of 1948

Americas

Seemingly cursed for much of their history, the Boston Red Sox have actually played in 11 World Series, and won seven!The Red Sox World Series Encyclopedia is another collaboration by veteran Red Sox historians Bill Nowlin and Jim Prime - each with more than a dozen Sox books to their credit. The Encyclopedia includes full game accounts of every one of the 67 Series games played, along with essential lists, tables, and stats.

The Boston Red Sox World Series Encyclopedia: No Longer the World's Shortest Book

Reference

Jim Prime

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

This is a very detailed historical account of the "second-place" 1939 Red Sox, including 3 great stars: Ted Williams, Jimmie Foxx and Lefty Grove, as well as player-manager Joe Cronin.

Lefty, Double-X, and the Kid: The 1939 Red Sox, A Team in Transition

Going...going...gone! Hitting the ball out of the park is one of the most electrifying acts—and one of the most difficult to accomplish—in sport. The Red Sox have been known as a slugging team for many years, and are one of the few to have hit over 11,000 major league homers. The Ultimate Red Sox Home Run Guide takes a look at Red Sox homers from the regular season to the postseason, with nearly 150 lists, sometimes serious and sometimes light-hearted.

The Ultimate Red Sox Home Run Guide

David Vincent

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