text The New York game : baseball and the rise of a new city
- Summary
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"A hugely entertaining history of baseball in New York City, bursting with bigger than life figures, and long-forgotten heroes, spanning the game's founding to the early 1940s"--
- Contents
- Part one: Origins. City game -- The whirlpool and the volcano -- "The snap, go, fling" -- "One or more colored persons" -- The professionals -- Making the Welkin Ring -- A league -- "Lies, damned les, and..." -- Drawing the color line -- "We are t... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- ix, 511 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf 2024
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 796.357 BAK in New Non-fiction | Checked out (Due: 2024-05-19) |
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New York (N.Y.) History 20th century
New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs 20th century
Joueurs de base-ball New York (État) New York Histoire
New York (N.Y.) Histoire 20e siècle
New York (N.Y.) Mœurs et coutumes 20e siècle
SPORTS & RECREATION / General
Manners and customs
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