Old-Time Baseball
Harvey Frommer
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Description for Old-Time Baseball
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
In this delightful history of the sport, Frommer captures the flavor, smell, and craziness of the early days of baseball. Starting with its invention in 1842 by the descendant of a British sea captain (and not Abner Doubleday), Frommer traces the development of the sport from the first games on a vacant lot at 27th and Madison in New York to the turn of the century, when the National League was emerging as the preeminent forum for truly professional baseball.
In this delightful history of the sport, Frommer captures the flavor, smell, and craziness of the early days of baseball. Starting with its invention in 1842 by the descendant of a British sea captain (and not Abner Doubleday), Frommer traces the development of the sport from the first games on a vacant lot at 27th and Madison in New York to the turn of the century, when the National League was emerging as the preeminent forum for truly professional baseball.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781589792548
SKU
V9781589792548
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Harvey Frommer
Harvey Frommer is the celebrated author of 37 sports books, including the classics: New York City Baseball, Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball, Rickey and Robinson, The New York Yankee Encyclopedia, A Yankee Century, and the best selling Red Sox Vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry (with Frederic J. Frommer). Professor Emeritus of the City University of New York, and professor at ... Read more
Reviews for Old-Time Baseball
...wonderful. Reading this book is a reminder of how little baseball—and the pleasure derived from it—has changed.
Publishers Weekly
Priceless. Something for everyone. The reader will have an even greater appreciation for our National Pastime.
Pinstripe Press
Publishers Weekly
Priceless. Something for everyone. The reader will have an even greater appreciation for our National Pastime.
Pinstripe Press