000352834 000__ 02431cam\a2200325\a\4500 000352834 001__ 352834 000352834 005__ 20210513130206.0 000352834 008__ 101020s2011\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000352834 010__ $$a 2010045155 000352834 020__ $$a9780743294034 000352834 020__ $$a0743294033 000352834 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn646112785 000352834 035__ $$a352834 000352834 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dIG#$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dBKL$$dMLY$$dCDX$$dMOF$$dVP@$$dBUR 000352834 042__ $$apcc 000352834 043__ $$an-us--- 000352834 049__ $$aISEA 000352834 05000 $$aGV863.A1$$bT458 2011 000352834 08200 $$a796.357097309034$$222 000352834 1001_ $$aThorn, John,$$d1947- 000352834 24510 $$aBaseball in the Garden of Eden :$$bthe secret history of the early game /$$cJohn Thorn. 000352834 250__ $$a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. 000352834 260__ $$aNew York :$$bSimon & Schuster,$$c2011. 000352834 300__ $$axvi, 365 p. :$$bill. ;$$c25 cm. 000352834 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000352834 5050_ $$aAnointing Abner -- Four fathers, two roads -- The cradle of baseball -- The cauldron of baseball -- War in heaven -- A national pastime -- The big idea -- Union and brotherhood -- Sporting goods and higher thought -- The gospel of baseball -- The white city and the golden West -- The religion of baseball. 000352834 520__ $$aThink you know how the game of baseball began? Think again. Forget Abner Doubleday and Cooperstown. Did baseball even have a father--or did it just evolve from other bat-and-ball games? John Thorn, baseball's preeminent historian, examines the creation story of the game and finds it all to be a gigantic lie. From its earliest days baseball was a vehicle for gambling, a proxy form of class warfare. Thorn traces the rise of the New York version of the game over other variations popular in Massachusetts and Philadelphia. He shows how the sport's increasing popularity in the early decades of the nineteenth century mirrored the migration of young men from farms and small towns to cities, especially New York. Full of heroes, scoundrels, and dupes, this book tells the story of nineteenth-century America, a land of opportunity and limitation, of glory and greed--all present in the wondrous alloy that is our nation and its pastime.--From publisher description. 000352834 650_0 $$aBaseball$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y19th century. 000352834 85200 $$bgen$$hGV863.A1$$iT458$$i2011 000352834 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010045155-d.html 000352834 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010045155-b.html 000352834 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:352834$$pGLOBAL_SET 000352834 980__ $$aBIB 000352834 980__ $$aBOOK