America's National Game (Classic Reprint)

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Item specifics

Condition
Like New: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket ...
Country of Origin
America
Brand
Forgotten Books
Original Language
English
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Inscribed
No
Signed
No
Personalize
No
Personalized
No
Intended Audience
Adults
Ex Libris
No
ISBN
9780803292079
Book Title
America's National Game
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Item Length
8 in
Publication Year
1992
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.2 in
Author
Albert G. Spalding
Features
Reprint
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Topic
Baseball / History, General
Item Weight
21.7 Oz
Item Width
5.3 in
Number of Pages
550 Pages
Category

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803292074
ISBN-13
9780803292079
eBay Product ID (ePID)
801302

Product Key Features

Book Title
America's National Game
Number of Pages
550 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / History, General
Publication Year
1992
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Reprint
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Author
Albert G. Spalding
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
21.7 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
91-043078
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
796.3570973
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
One of the first professional baseball players and later a manager and club owner, Albert G Spalding branched out to become a leading manufacturer of sporting goods. This book, published a few years before his death in 1915, lays out the beginnings of baseball and its advancement while dispensing Spalding's vivid reminiscences and firm opinions., Albert G. Spalding's addiction to what he saw as a peculiarly American sport began early on the sandlot in Rockford, Illinois. One of the first professional baseball players and later a manager and club owner, he branched out to become a leading manufacturer of sporting goods. America's National Game , published a few years before his death in 1915, lays out the beginnings of baseball and its advancement while dispensing Spalding's vivid reminiscences and firm opinions. The essential nature of the game, he thought, was warfare. And the opponents took many forms: among them the evil syndicates trying to control the sport, and more inwardly and importantly, the temptations familiar to every young man. Baseball's lasting debt to Spalding becomes clear in Benjamin G. Rader's introduction to this Bison Book edition, which makes America's National Game available in its entirety for the first time in paperback and adds an index., Albert G. Spalding's addiction to what he saw as a peculiarly American sport began early on the sandlot in Rockford, Illinois. One of the first professional baseball players and later a manager and club owner, he branched out to become a leading manufacturer of sporting goods.America's National Game, published a few years before his death in 1915, lays out the beginnings of baseball and its advancement while dispensing Spalding's vivid reminiscences and firm opinions. The essential nature of the game, he thought, was warfare. And the opponents took many forms: among them the evil syndicates trying to control the sport, and more inwardly and importantly, the temptations familiar to every young man. Baseball's lasting debt to Spalding becomes clear in Benjamin G. Rader's introduction to this Bison Book edition, which makesAmerica's National Gameavailable in its entirety for the first time in paperback and adds an index.
LC Classification Number
GV863.A1S74 1992

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