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But didn't we have fun? : an informal history of baseball's pioneer era, 1843-1870 / Peter Morris.
Van Pelt Library GV863.A1 M644 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morris, Peter, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball--United States--History--19th century.
- Baseball.
- United States.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2008.
- Contents:
- Before the Knickerbockers
- The Knickerbockers' game becomes the New York game
- The New York game becomes America's game
- How the game was played
- Bats, balls, bases, and the playing field
- Customs and rituals
- Club life : the common threads that bound the players together, and the activities they shared
- Intercity competition and civic pride
- The Civil War : the end of an era, part one
- Competitiveness and professionalism, and what they wrought : the end of an era, part two
- The Cincinnati Base Ball Club and the Red Stockings
- Looking backward
- Moving forward : "muffin" ballplayers start a new tradition
- Appendix one. The Doubleday myth
- Appendix two. The Knickerbockers' original (1845) rules.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-272) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781566637480
- 1566637481
- OCLC:
- 145379660
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