THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, September 18, 1994 TAG: 9409170042
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E9 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
LENGTH: Short : 34 lines
CAN'T CATCH every minute of Ken Burns' nine-part ``Baseball'' on TV? VCR on the blink? Not to worry. The Alfred A. Knopf Inc. publishing company and Random House Audio Books are already positioned to help you out.
In book stores right now are a 486-page book version of the series written by Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward and 3-hour-and-40-minute tapes and compact disc presentations that cover the same turf Burns travels in his 18-hour epic on WHRO.
``Baseball. An Illustrated History,'' which sells for $60, is an appropriate tome-stone for a national pastime whose future is in serious doubt as a result of the labor problems that shut down the 1994 season.
It contains 530 photos - many famous, many obscure, but all compelling - and faithfully follows the outline of the TV series, right down to the inning-by-inning metaphor Burns used to identify specific eras while chronologically charting the game's history.
Burns himself does the narration on the audio tape and compact disc versions. You supply the pictures. The audio tape is priced at $22.50 and the CD goes for $35. ILLUSTRATION: Photo
``Baseball. An Illustrated History'' is an appropriate tome-stone
for a national pastime whose future is in serious doubt.
by CNB