Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game
by Vecsey, George
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0812978706
- ISBN 13
- 9780812978704
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About This Item
Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked and uncreased copy. Some light fraying to edges. Concise history of baseball from New York Times columnist George Vecsey.
Synopsis
"Football is force and fanatics, basketball is beauty and bounce. Baseball is everything: action, grace, the seasons of our lives. George Vecsey's book proves it, without wasting a word."--Lee Eisenberg, author of The NumberIn Baseball, one of the great bards of America's Grand Old Game gives a rousing account of the sport, from its pre-Republic roots to the present day. George Vecsey casts a fresh eye on the game, illuminates its foibles and triumphs, and performs a marvelous feat: making a classic story seem refreshingly new. Baseball is a narrative of America's can-do spirit, in which stalwart immigrants such as Henry Chadwick could transplant cricket and rounders into the fertile American culture and in which die-hard unionist baseballers such as Charles Comiskey and Connie Mack could eventually become the tightfisted avatars of the game's big-money establishment. It's a celebration of such underdogs as a rag-armed catcher turned owner named Branch Rickey and a sure-handed fielder named Curt Flood, both of whom flourished as true great men of history. But most of all, Baseball is a testament to the unbreakable bond between our nation's pastime and the fans, who've remained loyal through the fifty-year-long interdict on black athletes, the Black Sox scandal, franchise relocation, and the use of performance-enhancing drugs by some major stars. Reverent, playful, and filled with Vecsey's charm, Baseball begs to be read in the span of a rain-delayed doubleheader, and so enjoyable that, like a favorite team's championship run, one hopes it never ends."Vecsey possesses a journalist's eye for detail and a historian's feel for the sweep of action. His research is scrupulous and his writing crisp. This book is an instant classic-- a highly readable guide to America's great enduring pastime." -- The Louisville Courier Journal From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ridgeview Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25
- Title
- Baseball
- Author
- Vecsey, George
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0812978706
- ISBN 13
- 9780812978704
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 252
- Size
- Octavo
- LCCN
- 2008274626
- Keywords
- Baseball, history
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