Ebook {Epub PDF} Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards by Josh Wilker

Cardboard Gods is the memoir of Josh Wilker, a brilliant writer who has marked the stages of his life through the baseball cards he collected as a child. It also captures the experience of growing 3/5(11). Cardboard Gods is the memoir of Josh Wilker, a brilliant writer who has marked the stages of his life through the baseball cards he collected as a child. It also captures the experience of growing up obsessed with baseball cards and explores what it means to be a fan of the game. Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards by Josh Wilker (Seven Footer, pg., $). HB, HB, Josh Wilker’s collection of baseball cards were “the heart” of his childhood bedroom, and the impetus for this memoir, Cardboard Gods.

Cardboard Gods is the memoir of Josh Wilker, a brilliant writer who has marked the stages of his life through the baseball cards he collected as a child. It also captures the experience of growing up obsessed with baseball cards and explores what it means to be a fan of the game. Along the way, as we get to know Josh, his family, and his friends, we also get Josh's classic observations about. Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards by Josh Wilker Seven Footer Press () $, hardcover. pages. House of Cards: Baseball Card Collecting and Popular Culture by John Bloom University of Minnesota Press () $, paperback. pages. To some, a baseball card is simply a piece of cardboard (or. Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards. By Josh Wilker. Amazon. Apple Books. Barnes Noble. Memories of Summer. By Roger Kahn. Amazon. Apple Books. Barnes Noble. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. By Michael Lewis. Amazon. Apple Books. Barnes Noble. Summer of ' By David Halberstam.

I mentally connected with Josh's writings earlier, through his blog, also called Cardboard Gods. His stories reminded me so much of my childhood, and re-living it through the viewing and analysis of baseball cards. To me as well they signified much more than just a picture, a team, a position, but rather were more like windows into a glorious. Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards by Wilker, Josh. Click here for the lowest price! Hardcover, , A few weeks ago it happened when they were hurling some of my old baseball cards all over the room. I got the idea to adapt the simple card game War to baseball cards. We’d all gather a stack of cards and put down a card one at a time, and whoever presented the best player at each turn would win the turn and the other two cards.