Early innings: a documentary history of baseball, 1825-1908
1995; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 33; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.33-2185
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)Sports Analytics and Performance
ResumoReaders [get] a box seat at the game that became a national obsession. - London Review of Books. [Shows] just how compelling original documents can be when shaped into a narrative ...that includes tales of attitudes, alliances, and deceits, as well as the development of performances, rules, and equipment. - Canadian Journal of the History of Sport. Ancient myths are shattered and new facts are uncovered. - USA Today Baseball Weekly. Fascinating collection. - Washington Post. Stories from the early days that no serious baseball fan would want to miss. - Chattanooga Times. This compilation of 120 primary writings documents baseball's first century, from a loosely organized village social event to the arrival of the National League. Collecting from a wide range of sources - including newspaper accounts, letters, folk poetry, songs, and annual guides - Dean A. Sullivan of Fairfax, Virginia, progresses chronologically from the earliest known baseball reference (1825) to the creation of the Doubleday Myth (1908). Benjamin G. Rader, author of Baseball: A History of America's Game is a professor of history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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