John Thorn

"John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball, thinks and writes about other subjects, too. Sometimes he writes about football, sometimes about New York history, and sometimes about arts and letters, especially of the nineteenth century. He resides in Catskill, New York."
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Our Game Blog
Thorn Pricks - May 01, 2009
amazon: John Thorn
SABR42 Day Two: John Thorn’s keynote speech
Hardball Times - Interview: John Thorn

2012 September: Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game