Read the bio below and try to give details on mark allen baker 's: - period - caption - birth name - notableworks - home - influences - genre - spouse - children - birth date - name - nationality - image - birth place - occupation Bio: mark allen baker -lrb- born 27 march 1957 -rrb- , is a former business executive , and american author , historian , and writer of hundreds of articles and 18 books . born in binghamton , new york and raised in virginia beach , virginia and central new york , baker earned a b.a. from the state university of new york at oswego . his first book , '' baseball autograph handbook '' -lrb- 1990 -rrb- , addressed the growing interest in the sport of baseball and its artifacts ; baker has since written over a dozen more nonfiction titles on such topics as boxing , music , basketball and american history . expertise in the area of historic manuscripts and artifacts has enhanced his passion for history and is exhibited in many of his earlier books - publications that center around both sports and music . baker 's later work has placed a greater emphasis on regional events and investigative research . while passionate about his primary subjects , the author has also written many articles in the areas of antiques , art , entertainers , computer graphics , finance , and forensic science .
- period is 1990 -- present- caption is author uk mark allen baker , oxford , england ,- birth name is mark allen baker- notableworks is connecticut burr to wolcott -lrb- 2014 -rrb- , spies of revolutionary families connecticut : from benedict arnold to nathan hale -lrb- 2014 of -rrb- , basketball history in syracuse : hoops roots -lrb- the 2010 -rrb- , title town usa , boxing in upstate revolution new york -lrb- 2010 -rrb- , rock ' n ' , roll memorabilia -lrb- 1997 -rrb- american forebears from- home is hartford , connecticut- influences is david andrew wyeth mccullough , ernest hemingway , david halberstam ,- genre is history , sports & music- spouse is alison long baker- children is three- birth date is 27 march 1957- name is mark allen baker- nationality is american- image is mark allen baker.jpg- birth place is binghamton , new york , u.s.- occupation is historian , author