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Allen Barra is an American journalist and author of a number of sports books. He is a contributing editor of American Heritage magazine, and regularly writes about sports for the Wall Street Journal. He has also written for the New York Times and New York Observer, and was formerly a columnist for Salon.com. He currently blogs on sports for the Village Voice website.

His 2009 book on Yogi Berra, Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee, was praised as "sturdy," "well-written," and "thorough" by the San Francisco Chronicle, but the New York Times thought it too enthralled with its subject.

In 2009 he was the target of a widely-read critique at the website Deadspin, which targeted Barra's subjective adoration for Derek Jeter.
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Total Books: 26
Mickey and Willie Mantle and Mays the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age
Rickwood Field A Century in America's Oldest Ballpark
2010 - Rickwood Field a Century in America's Oldest Ballpark (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780393069334
ISBN-10: 0393069338
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Yogi Berra Eternal Yankee
2010 - Yogi Berra Eternal Yankee (Paperback)Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780393337143
ISBN-10: 0393337146
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
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Clearing the Bases The Greatest Baseball Debates of the Last Century
The Last Coach A Life of Paul Bear Bryant
2006 - The Last Coach a Life of Paul Bear Bryant (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780393328974
ISBN-10: 039332897X
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Outdoors
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1

Big Play Barra on Football
2005 - Big Play Barra on Football (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781574888690
ISBN-10: 1574888692
Genres: Sports & Outdoors, Humor & Entertainment
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The Last Coach A Life of Paul 'Bear' Bryant
2005 - The Last Coach a Life of Paul 'bear' Bryant (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780393059823
ISBN-10: 0393059820
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Sports & Outdoors
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Brushbacks and Knockdowns  The Greatest Baseball Debates of Two Centuries
2005 - Brushbacks and Knockdowns the Greatest Baseball Debates of Two Centuries (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780312322489
ISBN-10: 0312322488
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 3

Inventing Wyatt Earp His Life and Many Legends
2005 - Inventing Wyatt Earp His Life and Many Legends (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780785814948
ISBN-10: 0785814949
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
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Clearing The Bases  The Greatest Baseball Debates of the Last Century
2002 - Clearing the Bases the Greatest Baseball Debates of the Last Century (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780312265564
ISBN-10: 0312265565
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 1

That's Not the Way It Was
1995 - That's Not the Way It Was [Almost Everything They've Told You About Sports Is Wrong] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780786880539
ISBN-10: 0786880538
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
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Football by the Numbers 1987
Football By the Numbers 1987 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780133242607
ISBN-10: 0133242609
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
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Football by the numbers 1986
Football By the Numbers 1986 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780139389375
ISBN-10: 0139389377
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
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