"Erik Varon captures the history and the magic of the Cracker Jack ballplayer cards from the 1914 and 1915 seasons that were placed into a box of Cracker Jack. His prose displays their statistics in an interesting manner. The general history of the Cracker Jack Company is well-researched, and I feel that he will start a new renaissance of interest towards the Cracker Jack ball player cards, as well as the prizes themselves. A must-have book for baseball card collectors, and Cracker Jack collectors."

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-Alex Jaramillo, Author, Cracker Jack Prizes and a baseball card and Cracker Jack collector

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"Erik Varon has given us a very interesting primer on the relationship between Cracker Jack and Major League Baseball.

He discusses the history of the confection and the many prizes inserted in Cracker Jack boxes over the years including an in-depth look at one of the greatest baseball card collections in existence. An informative read!"

 

-Tom Zappala, Author, The Cracker Jack Collection: Baseball's Prized Players

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"As a Cracker Jack prize collector who enjoys digging into the history about as much as the collecting, I was thoroughly impressed and entertained by Varon's depth and breadth of research in drawing the parallels between the growth and development of national baseball and Cracker Jack. Whether the reader is a casual observer or an avid collector, there are fascinating and revelatory correlations to be discovered by the baseball card fan and the Cracker Jack prize aficionado alike, with the prized lagniappe of some images seldom seen."

 

-Jim Davis, Charter Member, Cracker Jack Collectors Association 

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"I was impressed with how well-researched [Base Ball & Cracker Jack A Prized Story] was and I was also impressed with how [Erik Varon] weaved the Cracker Jack brand into its place in American history."

 

-Al Crisafulli, Auction Director, Love of the Game Auction House