Interview with Ed Achorn: Author of Two Must-Read Books About 19th Century Professional Baseball
About this episode
Byron Copley interviews Edward Achorn about his books on 19th century baseball and the historical figures involved.
I am honored to welcome Pulitzer Prize finalist, journalist, author, and accomplished historian Edward Achorn to All About Baseball. Edward’s two books about baseball in the 19th Century, Fifty Nine in ’84 and The Summer of Beer and Whiskey , place the reader “at the shoulder” (Ed’s words) of Old Hoss Radbourn and Chris Von Der Ahe respectively. And as Radbourn carried the 1884 Providence Grays on his shoulders, Von Der Ahe carried the future of professional baseball on his. Achorn, in this episode, details the personas of both men, the process of writing these two books, and adds significant bonus material on Abraham Lincoln — the subject of his last three books. bcbaseballpodcast@gmail.com Music: “Field Grass,” by Sergei Pavkin
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