Describes the growing world of trading card games, profiling some game designers, offering advice on playing the games and customizing card collections, and listing the latest games on the market.
Presents historical information about the Civil War interspersed with a story about Daniel Mayfield and his parents who prepare to leave their home in Tennessee for the safety of Kentucky in order to avoid the boy's conscription into the Confederate army.
Provides practical advice on building a baseball card collection, covering such topics as trading cards, preserving them, and finding rookie cards, error cards, and other specialities.
