Like he did with his award-winning book on baseball, When Towns Had Teams, Maine author Jim Baumer once again takes the history of the Pine Tree State and weaves it into a readable account about Moxie, the soft drink that was once bigger than Pepsi and Coca-Cola.

If you never “got” Moxie, this book ushers you into the club and gives the soft drink its due and special place, rooted firmly in New England.

The quintessential book about a kind of baseball that has long since disappeared from Maine’s small towns. Back in the day, local baseball captured the hearts and minds of the locals, occupying a centrality that’s hard believe in these days of virtual reality.

A snapshot of small town life in Maine, seen through the lens of baseball.

Awarded an Ippy by Independent Publisher in 2006 as their top non-fiction regional title for the Northeast.