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Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
BACK ISSUE
Base Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually. Offering the best in original research and analysis, it promotes study of baseball’s early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture. Prior to Volume 10, Base Ball was published as Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game. This is a back issue of that journal.
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Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
BACK ISSUE
Base Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually. Offering the best in original research and analysis, it promotes study of baseball’s early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture. Prior to Volume 10, Base Ball was published as Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game. This is a back issue of that journal.
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Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
BACK ISSUE
Base Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually. Offering the best in original research and analysis, it promotes study of baseball’s early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture. Prior to Volume 10, Base Ball was published as Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game. This is a back issue of that journal.
by Tom Melville
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Did modern baseball spontaneously arise from the genius of the American people? Did professionalism arise simply from a desire to turn baseball into a business? Did William Hulbert, organizer of the National League, really “save” baseball? These are three of the questions examined in this work...
Memories of Winter Ball
Interviews with Players in the Latin American Winter Leagues of the 1950s
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2013
This is an oral history of the Latin American baseball leagues of the mid–20th century. Interviews with dozens of former major league players, who participated in the winter leagues of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, provide a fascinating view...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
This encyclopedia introduces readers to American poetry, fiction and nonfiction with a focus on the environment (broadly defined as humanity’s natural surroundings), from the discovery of America through the present. The work includes biographical and literary entries on material from early explorers...
The Art of Sprinting
Techniques for Speed and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Probably the oldest sport of humankind, sprinting benefits from a wealth of scientific and experiential information. Appropriate for runners of all levels of ability, this book provides the reader with techniques to reach the next level in their sprinting development. Line drawings illustrate the...
Burleigh Grimes
Baseball's Last Legal Spitballer
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Burleigh Grimes—forever to be remembered as the ill-tempered spitballer with the perpetual five o’clock shadow. For nearly two decades, he brought his surly disposition to the pitcher’s mound. His life-or-death mentality resulted in a reputation as one of the game’s great competitors and a...
Jewish Major Leaguers in Their Own Words
Oral Histories of 23 Players
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Between 1870 and 2010, 165 Jewish Americans played Major League Baseball. This work presents oral histories featuring 23 of them. From Bob Berman, a catcher for the Washington Senators in 1918, to Adam Greenberg, an outfielder for the Chicago Cubs in 2005, the players discuss their careers and consider...
The Days of Wee Willie, Old Cy and Baseball War
Scenes from the Dawn of the Deadball Era, 1900-1903
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
This account of the four baseball seasons of 1900 through 1903 seeks to capture the flavor of the period by providing yearly overviews from the standpoint of each team and by focusing more deeply on 30 or more players of the era—not only such legendary stars as Cy Young and Willie Keeler, but also...
Frank Robinson
A Baseball Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
Frank Robinson was one of the greatest baseball players of the 20th century. He was Rookie of the Year for the Cincinnati Reds in 1956, won the Triple Crown in 1966, led the Baltimore Orioles to four World Series appearances, and is the only player in baseball history to be voted Most Valuable Player...
The Radio Boys and Girls
Radio, Telegraph, Telephone and Wireless Adventures for Juvenile Readers, 1890-1945
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Series fiction about wireless and radio was a popular genre of young adult literature at the turn of the 20th century and an early form of social media. Before television and the Internet, books about plucky youths braving danger and adventure with the help of wireless communication brought young...
In Search of La Grande Illusion
A Critical Appreciation of Jean Renoir's Elusive Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
This is an extended analysis of the film, from different perspectives. The first half is largely a discussion of the cinematic technique, with key sequences analyzed shot by shot. The second half approaches the film from many other angles, including its history, the critical reception, Renoir’s...
The Infamous Cherry Sisters
The Worst Act in Vaudeville
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2018
Raised in poverty on an Iowa farm, the Cherry Sisters had little education and no training. But they possessed a burning desire to take to the stage and show the world what they could do—and what they could do was awful. Their unique act was “so bad it was good.” When the sisters took the stage,...