Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime During the Civil War - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691130439ISBN-10:691130434UPC:9780691130439Book Category:Sports & Recreation, HistoryBook Subcategory:Baseball, United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:History, Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:9.18 x 6.10 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SCP2KJ8X96
Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime During the Civil War
During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. While soldiers slaughtered each other over the country's fate, players and fans struggled over the form of the national pastime. George Kirsch gives us a color commentary of the growth and transformation of baseball during the Civil War. He shows that the game was a vital part of the lives of many a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691130439ISBN-10:691130434UPC:9780691130439Book Category:Sports & Recreation, HistoryBook Subcategory:Baseball, United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:History, Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:9.18 x 6.10 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SCP2KJ8X96
George B. Kirsch is Professor of History at Manhattan College and the author of several books, including The Creation of American Team Sports. He is the editor of two volumes of Sports in North America: A Documentary History and the general editor of the Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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