24 min

Bob Sampson interview The Packaged Tourist Show

    • Books

Tonight’s guest is author Bob Sampson. Bob lives in Southern Illinois and has written two books. His first, a biography of John L. O’Sullivan (a 19th century journalist, diplomat, and advocate for lost causes) came out in 2003.

His second book Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinoiswill be released on May 2 of this year. The book discusses how baseball swept through Illinois in the years following the end of the Civil War in 1865.

Tonight’s guest is author Bob Sampson. Bob lives in Southern Illinois and has written two books. His first, a biography of John L. O’Sullivan (a 19th century journalist, diplomat, and advocate for lost causes) came out in 2003.

His second book Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinoiswill be released on May 2 of this year. The book discusses how baseball swept through Illinois in the years following the end of the Civil War in 1865.

24 min