The farmers' game : baseball in rural America / David Vaught.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaught, David, 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball--United States--History.

Baseball.

Baseball--Social aspects--United States.

Country life--United States--History.

Country life.

Farm life--United States--History.

Farm life.

United States--Rural conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vaught's deeply researched exploration of baseball's rural roots helps explain its enduring popularity.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""INTRODUCTION: Abner Doubleday and Baseball�s Idol of Origins""; ""CHAPTER 1 Playing Ball in Cooperstown in the Formative Years of the American Republic""; ""CHAPTER 2 Baseball and the Transformation of Rural California""; ""CHAPTER 3 Multicultural Ball in the Heyday of Texas Cotton Agriculture""; ""CHAPTER 4 The Making of Bob Feller and the Modern American Farmer""; ""CHAPTER 5 The Milroy Yankees and the Decline of Southwest Minnesota""; ""CHAPTER 6 Gaylord Perry, the Spitter, and Farm Life in Eastern North Carolina""

""EPILOGUE: Vintage Ball""""Notes""; ""Essay on Sources""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781421408330

1421408333

OCLC:

859687176