Opens at the Shea Stadium at the World Series Game of 1951, where the ball is caught by a young, black man in the crowd, and continues to change hands throughout the book. The various recipients of the ball tell the story of post-war US history giving a panorama of America from the 50s to the 90s.
- ISBN10 0330369954
- ISBN13 9780330369954
- Publish Date 13 December 1998 (first published 1 October 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 February 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Picador
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 832
- Language English