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Gateway to the majors : Williamsport and minor league baseball James P. Quigel, Jr. and Louis E. Hunsinger, Jr
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA/Ly GV 863 .P372 W557 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Quigel, James P., 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minor league baseball--Pennsylvania--Williamsport--History.
- Minor league baseball.
- Minor league baseball--Social aspects--Pennsylvania--Williamsport.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 190 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2001.
- Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Ch. 1: Town ball to pro ball - the city adopts a game
- Ch. 2: Boosters, promoters, and promotions
- Ch. 3: Bowman Field - gateway to the majors
- Ch. 4: The New York-Pennsylvania League era to wartime baseball, 1923-1945
- Ch. 5: Postwar boom to short-season bust - Williamsport baseball in transition, 1946-1972
- Ch. 6: Twilight of the Eastern League
- Ch. 7: Welcome back to the New York-Penn League
- Note on sources
- Appendix
- Index.
- Notes:
- "A keystone book"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0271020989 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0271020997 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 44877015
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