Baseball Before We Knew It A Search for the Roots of the Game

Name: Baseball Before We Knew It A Search for the Roots of the Game
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ISBN: 9780803262553

ISBN-10: 0803262558

ISBN-13: 9780803262553

Edition: 2005

Authors: David Block, Tim Wiles

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It may be America's game, but no one seems to know how or when baseball really started. Theories abound, myths proliferate, but reliable information has been in short supply-until now, when Baseball before We Knew It brings fresh new evidence of baseball's origins into play. David Block looks into the early history of the game and of the 150-year-old debate about its beginnings. He tackles one stubborn misconception after another, debunking the enduring belief that baseball descended from the English game of rounders and revealing a surprising new explanation for the most notorious myth of all-the Abner Doubleday-Cooperstown story.Block's book takes readers on an exhilarating journey…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 3/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.54" wide x 8.48" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English