David Block

Pastime Lost

The Humble, Original, and Now Completely Forgotten Game of English Baseball

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Produktbeschreibung

David Block is a baseball historian and antiquarian. His book Baseball before We Knew It: A Search for the Roots of the Game (Nebraska, 2005) was the recipient of the 2006 SABR Seymour Medal and the 2006 North American Society for Sport History Book Award, was named to the New York Times Reading List of sports books (2005), and was designated an Outstanding Academic Title of 2005 by the American Library Association.¿ ¿

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 166mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9781496208514
• ISBN-10: 149620851X
• Artikelnr.: 54542612

Autorenporträt

David Block is a baseball historian and antiquarian. His book Baseball before We Knew It: A Search for the Roots of the Game (Nebraska, 2005) was the recipient of the 2006 SABR Seymour Medal and the 2006 North American Society for Sport History Book Award, was named to the New York Times Reading List of sports books (2005), and was designated an Outstanding Academic Title of 2005 by the American Library Association.   

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. A Little Pretty Debut
2. The Sporting Prince
3. Two Weeks, Two Discoveries
4. Word Perfect
5. Wild Geese and Red Herrings
6. Ball, Bat, and Beyond
7. Austen’s Aura
8. Science and Letters
9. Ladies First
10. The Numbers Game
11. A Class Act
12. Literary Allusions
13. Glorified Rounders of Antiquity
14. Summertime Treat
15. People’s Pastime
16. Rules Don’t Apply
17. The Old Ba’ Game
18. Strange Diversions
19. The Third Baseball
20. Mottos Are Made to Be Broken
21. When Games Collide
22. Pastime Lost
Notes
Bibliography
Index