Baseball : a history of America's favorite game / George Vecsey.
2008
GV863.A1 V43 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
Baseball : a history of America's favorite game / George Vecsey.
Author
Vecsey, George.
Edition
Modern library pbk ed.
ISBN
9780812978704 (pbk.)
0812978706 (pbk.)
0812978706 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York : Modern Library, 2008
Language
English
Description
xiii, 252 p. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
GV863.A1 V43 2008
Summary
One of the great bards of America's Grand Old Game gives a rousing account of baseball, from its pre-Republic roots to the present day. Vecsey casts a fresh eye on the sport, illuminates its foibles and triumphs, and makes a classic story seem refreshingly new. This book is a narrative of America's can-do spirit, in which stalwart immigrants could transplant cricket and rounders in the fertile American culture and die-hard unionist players could later become the tightfisted avatars of the game's big-money establishment. It's a celebration of champions and underdogs. But most of all, it is a testament to the unbreakable bond between our nation's pastime and the fans, who've remained loyal through the fifty-year-long interdict on black athletes, the Black Sox scandal, franchise relocation, and the use of performance-enhancing drugs by some major stars.
Note
Originally published: 2006.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. p. [225]-227) and index.
Series
Modern Library chronicles.
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