Book recommendations?

[stumpski]

I see The Big Ship is going on ebay at the moment - anyone read it?

 

[a massive zebra]

I see The Big Ship is going on ebay at the moment - anyone read it?

Archie Mac has.

 

[archie mac]

Archie Mac has.

The poor cricket tragic that I am, I have read every book by Mr Haigh except his latest Ashes effort (waiting for a signed copy), and the Wisden collection of obituaries

I would not start with 'The Big Ship', a little to indepth about the cricket of the period, for the 'new' cricket book reader.

'Many a Slip would be my choice, although it is a different name here in Aust.

 

[archie mac]

Some classics for you to consider.

The Jubilee Book of Cricket K.S. Ranjitsinhji 1897
Great Batsmen: Their Methods at a Glance G.W. Beldham & C.B. Fry 1905
The Hambledon Men E.V. Lucas 1907
The Cricket Match Hugh de Selincourt 1924
Cricket Highways & Byways F.S. Ashley-Cooper 1927
History of Cricket H.S. Altham & E.W. Swanton 1938
10 For 66 and All That Arthur Mailey 1958
The Art of Cricket Sir Donald Bradman 1958
Beyond a Boundary C.L.R. James 1963
Harold Gimblett: Tormented Genius of Cricket David Foot 1982
The Art of Captaincy Mike Brearley 1985
A Social History of English Cricket Sir Derek Birley 1999
C.B. Fry: An English Hero Iain Wilton 1999
Mystery Spinner: The Story of Jack Iverson Gideon Haigh 2000
Bodyline Autopsy David Frith 2002

You should be able to find most of them from ebay, amazon or one of these book dealers.

A great list that! Every cricket book reader should read C.B. Fry by Wilton, I love that book, I am still waiting for him to write another book

I must admit I have only read seven of the books on that list, although I do have a copy of the Ranji offering

 

[SJS]

Some classics for you to consider.

The Jubilee Book of Cricket K.S. Ranjitsinhji 1897
Great Batsmen: Their Methods at a Glance G.W. Beldham & C.B. Fry 1905
The Hambledon Men E.V. Lucas 1907
The Cricket Match Hugh de Selincourt 1924
Cricket Highways & Byways F.S. Ashley-Cooper 1927
History of Cricket H.S. Altham & E.W. Swanton 1938
10 For 66 and All That Arthur Mailey 1958
The Art of Cricket Sir Donald Bradman 1958
Beyond a Boundary C.L.R. James 1963
Harold Gimblett: Tormented Genius of Cricket David Foot 1982
The Art of Captaincy Mike Brearley 1985
A Social History of English Cricket Sir Derek Birley 1999
C.B. Fry: An English Hero Iain Wilton 1999
Mystery Spinner: The Story of Jack Iverson Gideon Haigh 2000
Bodyline Autopsy David Frith 2002

You should be able to find most of them from ebay, amazon or one of these book dealers.

WOW. What a list !!

 

[Burgey]

Chris Martin-Jenkins?

Yeah, I think it was. Thanks Archie.