How baseball evolved with shocking speed from a casual folk game into a serious adult activity, an instrument of national unification and then a national entertainment industry.
How baseball evolved with shocking speed from a casual folk game into a serious adult activity, an instrument of national unification and then a national entertainment industry.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Thomas W. Gilbert is the author of many baseball books, including Baseball and the Color Line, Roberto Clemente and Playing First. From his Greenpoint, Brooklyn stoop he can throw a baseball to the former site of the Manor House tavern, where members of the Eckford Baseball Club enjoyed a post game drink or two in the 1850s.
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Introduction by John Thorn Amateur Era Timeline Chapter One: The Wrongness of Baseball History Chapter Two: Wasps in the Attic Chapter Three: Escape from the City Chapter Four: What Makes a River Chapter Five: It Happened in Brooklyn Chapter Six: A Ballplayer's Tale Chapter Seven: Philadelphia Stories Chapter Eight: Amateur Hour Chapter Nine: Traveling Team Afterword Appendix 1: Game Versus Sport Appendix 2: What happened to . . . Bibliography Photo Credits, Notes Index
Introduction by John Thorn Amateur Era Timeline Chapter One: The Wrongness of Baseball History Chapter Two: Wasps in the Attic Chapter Three: Escape from the City Chapter Four: What Makes a River Chapter Five: It Happened in Brooklyn Chapter Six: A Ballplayer's Tale Chapter Seven: Philadelphia Stories Chapter Eight: Amateur Hour Chapter Nine: Traveling Team Afterword Appendix 1: Game Versus Sport Appendix 2: What happened to . . . Bibliography Photo Credits, Notes Index
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