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The night Casey was born : the true story behind the great American ballad "Casey at the bat" / John Evangelist Walsh.
Van Pelt Library PS3014.T3 Z96 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walsh, John Evangelist, 1927-2015.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thayer, Ernest Lawrence, 1863-1940. Casey at the bat.
- Thayer, Ernest Lawrence.
- Ballads, English--United States--History and criticism.
- Ballads, English.
- United States.
- Baseball in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 220 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- Overture: On Stage and Field 13
- 1 Scene: The Polo Grounds, New York, Opening Day, April 1888 23
- 2 Scene: A Large Residence, Worcester, Massachusetts, May 1888 37
- 3 Scene: Wallack's Theater, May 1888, The Lady or the Tiger? 67
- 4 Interlude: Strolling the Rialto 85
- 5 Scene: Tally-Ho to the Polo Grounds, August 14, 1888 97
- 6 Scene: Wallack's Theater, Aug. 1888, Evening, Enter Casey 113
- 7 Scene: Star Theater, Oct. 1888, Encore Casey 139
- 8 Scene: The Worcester Theater, 1892, Enter Thayer, Enter Hopper 153
- Exit Music: Memorials 173
- Appendix A First Publication of Casey at the Bat 179
- Appendix B Thayer's Phrasing 183
- Program Notes 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-211) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781585678938
- 1585678937
- OCLC:
- 76481597
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