Author: Harry Katz
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061625469
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Baseball, the sport that helped reunify the country in the years after the Civil War, remains the national pastime. The Library of Congress houses the world's largest baseball collection, documenting the history of the game and providing a unique look at America since the late 1700s. Now Baseball Americana presents the best of the best from that treasure trove. From baseball's biggest stars to its street urchins, from its most newsworthy stories to sandlot and Little League games, the book examines baseball's hardscrabble origins, rich cultural heritage, and uniquely American character. The more than three hundred and fifty fabulous illustrations feature first-generation photographic and chromolithographic baseball cards; photographs of famous players and ballparks; and newspaper clippings, cartoons, New Deal photographs, and baseball advertisements. Packed with images that will surprise and thrill even the most expert collector, Baseball Americana is a gift for every baseball fan.
Baseball Americana
Author: Harry Katz
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061625469
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Baseball, the sport that helped reunify the country in the years after the Civil War, remains the national pastime. The Library of Congress houses the world's largest baseball collection, documenting the history of the game and providing a unique look at America since the late 1700s. Now Baseball Americana presents the best of the best from that treasure trove. From baseball's biggest stars to its street urchins, from its most newsworthy stories to sandlot and Little League games, the book examines baseball's hardscrabble origins, rich cultural heritage, and uniquely American character. The more than three hundred and fifty fabulous illustrations feature first-generation photographic and chromolithographic baseball cards; photographs of famous players and ballparks; and newspaper clippings, cartoons, New Deal photographs, and baseball advertisements. Packed with images that will surprise and thrill even the most expert collector, Baseball Americana is a gift for every baseball fan.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061625469
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Baseball, the sport that helped reunify the country in the years after the Civil War, remains the national pastime. The Library of Congress houses the world's largest baseball collection, documenting the history of the game and providing a unique look at America since the late 1700s. Now Baseball Americana presents the best of the best from that treasure trove. From baseball's biggest stars to its street urchins, from its most newsworthy stories to sandlot and Little League games, the book examines baseball's hardscrabble origins, rich cultural heritage, and uniquely American character. The more than three hundred and fifty fabulous illustrations feature first-generation photographic and chromolithographic baseball cards; photographs of famous players and ballparks; and newspaper clippings, cartoons, New Deal photographs, and baseball advertisements. Packed with images that will surprise and thrill even the most expert collector, Baseball Americana is a gift for every baseball fan.
BASEBALL ADDRESS LIST.
Author: JACK. SMALLING
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578994741
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578994741
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The First World Series and the Baseball Fanatics of 1903
Author: Roger I. Abrams
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781555536442
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Recapturing the drama and color of this historic sporting event, Roger I. Abrams shows how the first world series (Boston Americans vs. Pittsburgh Pirates) provided a unique lens to view American life and culture at the dawn of the twentieth century. It is a fascinating story brimming with colorful, larger-than-life characters: legendary players Honus Wagner, Cy Young, Jimmy Collins, Fred Clarke, Big Bill Dineen, and Deacon Phillippe on the field; and Mike "Nuf Ced" McGreevey, "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, and the boisterous Boston Royal Rooters, cheering, chanting, and singing in the grandstands. This is also the story of how the post-season play gave disparate classes in society--Brahmins, industrialists, Irish politicians, Jewish immigrants--the rare opportunity to join in common support of their local teams and heroes.
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781555536442
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Recapturing the drama and color of this historic sporting event, Roger I. Abrams shows how the first world series (Boston Americans vs. Pittsburgh Pirates) provided a unique lens to view American life and culture at the dawn of the twentieth century. It is a fascinating story brimming with colorful, larger-than-life characters: legendary players Honus Wagner, Cy Young, Jimmy Collins, Fred Clarke, Big Bill Dineen, and Deacon Phillippe on the field; and Mike "Nuf Ced" McGreevey, "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, and the boisterous Boston Royal Rooters, cheering, chanting, and singing in the grandstands. This is also the story of how the post-season play gave disparate classes in society--Brahmins, industrialists, Irish politicians, Jewish immigrants--the rare opportunity to join in common support of their local teams and heroes.
A Little Pretty Pocket-book
Author: John Newbery
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
A Little Pretty Pocket-Book is a children's book written by John Newbery. It is commonly thought to be the first children's book ever made, and provides a code of conduct for boys and girls in different social settings.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
A Little Pretty Pocket-Book is a children's book written by John Newbery. It is commonly thought to be the first children's book ever made, and provides a code of conduct for boys and girls in different social settings.
Baseball
Author: Geoffrey C. Ward
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0679404597
Category : Baseball
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
530 illustrations in text
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0679404597
Category : Baseball
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
530 illustrations in text
The Great American Novel
Author: Philip Roth
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466846445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Philip Roth's richly imagined satiric narrative, The Great American Novel, turns baseball's status as national pastime and myth into an unfettered farce Featuring heroism and perfidy, lively wordplay and a cast of characters that includes the House Un-American Activities Committee. "Roth is better than he's ever been before.... The prose is electric." (The Atlantic) Gil Gamesh is the only pitcher who ever tried to kill the umpire, and John Baal, The Babe Ruth of the Big House, never hit a home run sober. But you've never heard of them -- or of the Ruppert Mundys, the only homeless big-league ball team in American history -- because of the communist plot and the capitalist scandal that expunged the entire Patriot League from baseball memory.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466846445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Philip Roth's richly imagined satiric narrative, The Great American Novel, turns baseball's status as national pastime and myth into an unfettered farce Featuring heroism and perfidy, lively wordplay and a cast of characters that includes the House Un-American Activities Committee. "Roth is better than he's ever been before.... The prose is electric." (The Atlantic) Gil Gamesh is the only pitcher who ever tried to kill the umpire, and John Baal, The Babe Ruth of the Big House, never hit a home run sober. But you've never heard of them -- or of the Ruppert Mundys, the only homeless big-league ball team in American history -- because of the communist plot and the capitalist scandal that expunged the entire Patriot League from baseball memory.
Sport Americana Baseball Card Price Guide
Author: James Beckett
Publisher: Edgewater Books
ISBN: 9780937424391
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Publisher: Edgewater Books
ISBN: 9780937424391
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2017-2018
Author: William M. Simons
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476670153
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Widely acknowledged as the preeminent gathering of baseball scholars, the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture has made significant contributions to baseball research. This collection of 15 new essays selected from the 2017 and the 2018 symposia examines topics whose importance extend beyond the ballpark. Presented in six parts, the essays explore baseball's cultural and social history and analyze the tools that encourage a more sophisticated understanding of baseball as a game and enterprise.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476670153
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Widely acknowledged as the preeminent gathering of baseball scholars, the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture has made significant contributions to baseball research. This collection of 15 new essays selected from the 2017 and the 2018 symposia examines topics whose importance extend beyond the ballpark. Presented in six parts, the essays explore baseball's cultural and social history and analyze the tools that encourage a more sophisticated understanding of baseball as a game and enterprise.
The Baseball Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary Book
Author: Gerald Astor
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780671761707
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Presents historical photographs and original essays on Hall of Fame players by nine of the country's finest baseball writers.
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780671761707
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Presents historical photographs and original essays on Hall of Fame players by nine of the country's finest baseball writers.
1939, Baseball's Tipping Point
Author: Talmage Boston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Baseball has never had a more important year than 1939, when events and people came together to reshape the game like never before. The author explains why that special year proved to be absolutely pivotal for our national pastime and its greatest heroes, as baseball's golden age met its modern era.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Baseball has never had a more important year than 1939, when events and people came together to reshape the game like never before. The author explains why that special year proved to be absolutely pivotal for our national pastime and its greatest heroes, as baseball's golden age met its modern era.