Title:
Baseball in the Garden of Eden : the secret history of the early game / John Thorn.
ISBN:
9780743294034
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
xvi, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Anointing Abner -- Four fathers, two roads -- The cradle of baseball -- The cauldron of baseball -- War in heaven -- A national pastime -- The big idea -- Union and brotherhood -- Sporting goods and higher thought -- The gospel of baseball -- The white city and the golden West -- The religion of baseball.
Subject Term:
OCLC Number:
ocn646112785
Availability:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1
