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Early Innings A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908

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ISBN-10: 0803292449

ISBN-13: 9780803292444

Edition: N/A

Authors: Dean A. Sullivan, Benjamin G. Rader, Dean A. Sullivan

List price: $21.95
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This compilation of 120 primary writings documents baseball’s first century, from a loosely organized village social event to the arrival of the National League. Collecting from a wide range of sources—including newspaper accounts, letters, folk poetry, songs, and annual guides—Dean A. Sullivan of Fairfax, Virginia, progresses chronologically from the earliest known baseball reference (1825) to the creation of the Doubleday Myth (1908).
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Book details

List price: $21.95
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 2/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.05" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Benjamin G. Rader is James L. Sellers Professor of History at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and the author ofAmerican Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Televised Sports.