Josh Wilker tells his life story through the Topps baseball cards of the late 1970s, in full Technicolor. On one hand, CARDBOARD GODS is a family memoir. But it’s more than that.  With essays centering on everything from Reggie's superduper stardom to the tragedy of J.R. Richard to
Dock Ellis' singular achievement to the magnificent coif of Steve Garvey, CARDBOARD GODS recreates baseball’s most absurd decade and illuminates the entire era from the Big Red Machine to Disco Demolition Night.