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Curt Smith is the acclaimed author of the books listed below, starting with the new Mercy! A Celebration of Fenway Park's Centennial Told Through Red Sox Radio and TV. Others are listed from the least to most recent: A Talk in the Park: Nine Decades of Baseball Tales from the Broadcast Booth; Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story; The Voice: Mel Allen's Untold Story; Voices of Summer; What Baseball Means to Me; Storied Stadiums: Baseball's History Through its Ballparks; Our House: A Tribute to Fenway Park; Of Mikes and Men; Windows on the White House; The Storytellers; The Red Sox Fan's Little Book of Wisdom; Voices of The Game; Long Time Gone; and America's Dizzy Dean.

 

Mercy!

""A grand evocation of the history of the Red Sox. Truly remarkable broadcast history."

            -- Author Paul DIckson

"We've had lots of books about the Red Sox. This one takes it to a whole new level."

            -- Michael Dukakis

"Curt Smith is simply one of the best baseball historians ever."

            -- Cubs Voice Pat Hughes


A Talk in the Park

"Another tour de force from baseball's Boswell."

           -- New York Daily News

"Baseball broadcasting's top chronicler knows a good story when he hears one."

           -- New York Post

Curt Smith has knocked it out of the park again."

           -- USA Today


Pull Up A Chair

"Smith has as much a mastery of the English language as Vin Scully."

            -- Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

"The admitted Scullyologist details baseball's richest voice."

            -- Richard Deitsch, S.I.cnn.com

"A seemingly effortless and beautiful synchronicity between author and subject."

            -- Booklist


The Voice

 "I was happily returned to my youth, Ballantine Blasts, and 'How About That!'"

            -- Former Commissioner Fay Vincent

"Smith mas masterfully chronicled Mel Allen's fascinating life."

            -- Hall of Fame broadcaster Ernie Harwell

"A definitive and amazing book."

            -- Giants Voice Jon Miller


Voices of Summer

"Smith is one of of the best baseball historians ever." 

            -- Houston Chronicle   

"A fascinating ranking of the 101 greatest all-time baseball broadcasters."

            -- San Francisco Chronicle

"Great fodder for hot stove debate"

            -- Baseball Bookshelf


What Baseball Means To Me

"This 270-page coffee table book should be mandatory reading."

           -- Los Angeles Times

"A marvelous book, it connects on so many levels."

           -- NBC broadcaster Bob Costas

"A refreshing grand slam."

            -- Ft. Worth Star-Telegram


Storied Stadiums

"A marvelous passage through time"

            -- Booklist

"A wonderful pieceof cultural recovery."

            -- Cincinnati Enquirer

"Fascinating stories…The definitive history to every ballpark."

            -- Los Angeles Times

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Our House

"This evocative book captures the soul of Fenway Park."

            -- Gannett News Service

"Curt Smith has outdone himself again."

            -- Baseball Weekly

"Wonderful."

             -- Red Sox Voice Joe Castiglione

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Windows on the White House

"Invaluable to knowing about presidential libraries."

            -- Former CBS White House
                correspondent Bob Pierpoint

"Elegantly written and brimming with delightful vignettes."

            -- Former Newsweek White House correspondent, now New York Daily News Tom DeFrank

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Of Mikes and Men
"A touchdown pass"
            -- USA Today

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  The Red Sox Fan's Little Book of Wisdom
"Fascinating, and depressing!"
            -- Hartford Courant 

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The Storytellers
"An unbeatable lineup."
            -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"One of Smith's best works."
            -- Detroit Free Press
"Terrific stories."

            -- Baseball America

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Voices of The Game

"Monumental. The definitive work in its field."
            -- Publisher's Weekly

"Extraordinarily entertaining."
            -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"A must for any baseball library."

           --The Sporting News
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Long Time Gone

"Wonderfully evocative and beautifully written."

            -- National Review

"A tender memoir of coming to maturity in the 1970s."

            -- TIME Columnist Hugh Sidey

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America's Dizzy Dean

"Hard and true."

            -- New York Post columnist Maury Allen

"Humorously entertaining. Belongs in the Hall of Fame."

            -- Christian Science Monitor

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