David Jamieson is an award-winning journalist Dave Jamieson’s who, when his parents sold the childhood home, rediscovered his most prized possession from boyhood; his collection of baseball cards. He thought the time was nigh to can in on the biggest investment of youth, but to his chagrin discovered all the card shops had now closed and they were swapping hands online for next to nothing. So what happened to this phenomenon that inspired generations? This book is an eye-opening, fascinating and relentlessly entertaining look at this national obsession and traces its complete story. Every boy who ever collected baseball cards will want this.
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