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How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! the True Story Revealed

How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! the True Story Revealed - Hardcover

by Thomas W. Gilbert
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Availability:In StockContributor:Thomas W. Gilbert, John ThornPublish date:2020-09-15Pages:384
Languages:EnglishPublisher:David R. Godine PublisherISBN-13:9781567926774ISBN-10:1567926770UPC:9781567926774Book Category:Sports & Recreation, HistoryBook Subcategory:Baseball, United States, Business AspectsBook Topic:History, Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.5521Product ID:SC4TS8GPWX
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:David R. Godine PublisherISBN-13:9781567926774ISBN-10:1567926770UPC:9781567926774Book Category:Sports & Recreation, HistoryBook Subcategory:Baseball, United States, Business AspectsBook Topic:History, Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.5521Product ID:SC4TS8GPWX
Gilbert, Thomas W.: -

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.

Thorn, John: -

John Thorn is the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball and the author of numerous books including Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game and Total Baseball: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball.

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