Baseball's Greatest Quotations

New York: Edward Burlingame Books (An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers), 1991. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. John Whitman (Author photograph). Format is approximately 7.5 inches by 9.375 inches. xviii, [2], 524 pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Black mark on bottom edge. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Paul Dickson (born July 30,1939) is a freelance writer of more than 65 non-fiction books, mostly on American English language, history, and popular culture. He is a founding member and former president of Washington Independent Writers and a member of the National Press Club. Dickson coined the term "word word". For his published work on baseball, The Washington Post has described Dickson as "baseball's answer to Noah Webster or, at the very least, William Safire." In May 1979, he appeared on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson to promote his book The Official Rules, which detailed the history of Murphy's Law and similar aphorisms. Carson and Dickson spent time sharing similar sayings that they enjoyed. He has worked as a freelance writer since 1968, authoring more than 65 books as well as articles for a wide variety of publications. From Walt Whitman to Dizzy Dean, Garrison Keillor to Woody Allen, a treasury of over 5,000 quotations plus historical lore, notes, and illustrations.