John Thorn

John Thorn is the preeminent historian of baseball. He conceived and edits Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game. Along with Pete Palmer he created and edited Total Baseball. He was an on-screen historian and the chief consultant to Ken Burns’s PBS series “Baseball.” Mr. Thorn appears frequently on ESPN, the MLB Network, the History Channel, and other television outlets. He is a coauthor of The Hidden Game of Baseball, which helped to establish alternative statistics that are now recognized officially by Major League Baseball. He currently serves as publishing consultant to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Museum of the City of New York.

Books Authored

Image of Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game
Author(s):
John Thorn
Genre(s):
Fiction

Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game

April 1, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Tom Caraccioli

". . . religion of baseball and its origins are spelled out as meticulously in Mr. Thorn’s book as the Holy Bible spells out the story of Eden . . ."

 

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Image of Baseball in the Garden of Eden: Baseball in the Garden of Eden
Author(s):
John Thorn
Genre(s):
Baseball

Baseball in the Garden of Eden

January 14, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Dorothy Seymour Mills

". . .an impressive work, abounds with new information about the formation of what Americans have long thought of as their national game . . ."

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