Beach Chairs and Baseball Bats takes you on an insider's tour of the Cape Cod Baseball League to celebrate its 100] years as a proving ground for young players and source of wholesome family fun. Along the way, it introduces you to the hundreds people who make the league experience so special: the players, their families, and their host families; the team coaches and game-day volunteers; the scouts and agents who track the players' progress; the umpires and the fans . . . they may come from different places and for different reasons, but they are joined by a single bond: a love for the game...

In the spring of 1861, just prior to the onset of the Civil War, Martha Somerville finds her life rapidly changing along with the world around her. Determined to find a way to build a life with her love, Wilby, Martha focuses her energies on acquiring enough money to buy a plot of land to turn into a small farm. Her obsession takes her far from quiet Bountiful Creek, Virginia, deep into Union territory in Ohio. When war breaks out, she immediately sets her course for home before Wilby leaves to join the Confederate Army; but a wealthy suitor, a gravely ill companion, and a thief challenge her...