Here are the history, highlights, and heroes of one of the greatest and best-loved teams in American professional baseball. This little guide holds 50 facts, stats, and much more, distilled from more than 100 years of big-league baseball in Beantown. Carry this book in your backpack or back pocket when you visit a ball game. Snack on it along with your Fenway Frank. Impress your family and friends. Enrich your trivia team. Know more about your favorite teams and enhance the thrill of the game. Collect all the 50 Fun Facts Baseball books and merch and have even more fun.
CONTENTS: Introduction, A Fan Remembers, Origins, Ball Parks, Greatest Players, Managers & Owners, High Points, Low Points, Fans & Traditions, Mascots, Announcers, The Red Sox Today, All-Time Stats Leaders, Quiz Time, More About the Red Sox

Canal Chronicles tells the story of the background, construction, and development of the Illinois & Michigan Canal (1836-1848) and the people who came before, during, and after to create the history of Northern Illinois and the Greater Chicago region. The I&M Canal was the critical link connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico so that goods could serve the needs of a burgeoning new country and exports could find their way to markets that provided money for growth. Join French explorers Marquette and Joliet, William Henry Harrison, Chief Blackhawk, Abraham Lincoln, and a host of Chicago history notables as an eye witness to an important chapter in the early history of the United States. Toil with the Irish laborers, or navvies, who cleared the land, dug the trench, and built the locks. Learn what this key phase in building the infrastructure of the United States teaches about nation-building today.

You probably already know that the path to creative writing satisfaction can be littered with false starts, failed self-tests, and blocked inspirations that looked great yesterday. But we sincerely hope that help is on the way in this little book of writing starters.
These pages contain fuel to feed your little gray cells and get you thinking and writing. Just the thinking part may be worth the experience.
There are a total of 52 Starters here arranged in four parts:
Part 1: Memories
Part 2: Experiences
Part 3: Opinions
Part 4: About You.
You may decide to gulp these starters down one-at-time over 52 hours, or you may let your brain carefully chew on each starter and take 52 weeks to complete them all. When you feel you have exhausted their possibilities, the next Writing Starters book may be ready for you. May all these starters help you generate new thoughts and writing ideas that lead to compelling copy for your first book or your 50th. Maybe we’ll see your work some day in our favorite bookstore!

Here are the history, highlights, and heroes of one of the oldest and most beloved teams in professional baseball. In this handy little guide are 50 facts and figures and much more about the Chicago Cubs, distilled from more than 150 years of big-league baseball on the North Side of Chicago. Carry this book in your backpack or back pocket when you go to Wrigley Field. Snack on it along with your Chicago-style hot dog. Take it to spring training. Impress your family and friends. Enrich your trivia game. Know more about the Cubs and enhance the thrill of the game. Collect all the 50 Fun Facts baseball books and merch and have even more fun.
CONTENTS
Introduction
A Fan Remembers: Memories from a lifelong fan.
Origins: Their first ballpark burned down in the Great Chicago Fire!
Ball Parks: It wasn't always Wrigley Field.
Greatest Players: Ernie, Billy, Ronnie, Ryno, Grace, and so many more.
Managers & Owners
High Points: Beyond 2016.
Low Points
Fans & Traditions: Celebrity Cub fans, The Curse of the Billy Goat, Bartman, Steve Goodman.
Mascots
Announcers: Brickhouse, Harry, and other voices of the Cubs.
The Cubs Today
Bonus Facts: Award winners, the farm system.
All-Time Stats Leaders: GOATs in Batting and Pitching.
Quiz Time: Test yourself, test your friends, create your own questions.
More About the Team: Resources, Books, Websites, and Podcasts.

Here are the history, highlights, and heroes of one of the oldest and most interesting teams in professional baseball. In this handy little guide are 50 facts and figures and much more about the Orioles, distilled from more than 100 years of big-league baseball in three cities. Carry this book in your backpack or back pocket when you go to Camden Yards. Snack on it along with your Baltimore hot dog. Take it to spring training. Impress your family and friends. Enrich your trivia game. Know more about the Orioles and enhance the thrill of the game. Collect all the 50 Fun Facts Baseball books and have even more fun.
CONTENTS
Introduction
A Fan Remembers
Origins
Ball Parks
Greatest Players
Managers & Owners
High Points
Low Points
Fans & Traditions
Mascots
Announcers
The Orioles Today
Bonus Facts
All-Time Stats Leaders
Quiz Time
More About the Team