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Eyes on the sporting scene, 1870-1930 : Will and June Rankin, New York's sportswriting brothers / Pamela A. Bakker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bakker, Pamela A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sportswriters--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
- Sportswriters.
- Baseball--United States--History--19th century.
- Baseball.
- Baseball--United States--History--20th century.
- Rankin, Will, 1849-1913.
- Rankin, Will.
- Rankin, June, 1851-1930.
- Rankin, June.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Helms Hall of Fame's brothers William M. and Andrew B. "June" Rankin lived exciting lives covering sports for papers like the New York Sunday Mercury, New York Herald, New York World, Brooklyn Daily Eagle and New York Clipper from 1870 -1930. Filled with sporting details, this book sets the brothers into a period of great change in athletics"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; One. Family Origins (1715-1859); Two. The Horror of the Civil War (1849-1865); Three. New York, New York (1865-1870); Four. Follow the Ball (1870-1879); Five. Rising to the Top (1880-1884); Six. Celebrities in Baseball (1885-1889); Seven. A Decade of Change (1890-1899); Eight. Origins of Baseball (1885-1906); Nine. A Century Turns (1900-1910); Ten. Working to Death (1910-1913); Eleven. June Writes Alone (1913-1930); Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-14805-0
- 1-4766-0167-4
- OCLC:
- 828424138
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