Baseball: The people's gameOxford University Press, 1990 - 639 páginas In Baseball: The People's Game, Dorothy Seymour Mills and Harold Seymour produce an authoritative, multi-volume chronicle of America's national pastime. The first two volumes of this study -The Early Years and The Golden Age -won universal acclaim. The New York Times wrote that they "will grip every American who has invested part of his youth and dreams in the sport," while The Boston Globe called them "irresistible." Now, in The People's Game, the authors offer the first book devoted entirely to the history of the game outside of the professional leagues, revealing how, from its early beginnings up to World War II, baseball truly became the great American pastime. They explore the bond between baseball and boys through the decades, the game's place in institutions from colleges to prisons to the armed forces, the rise of women's baseball that coincided with nineteenth century feminism, and the struggles of black players and clubs from the later years of slavery up to the Second World War. Whether discussing the birth of softball or the origins of the seventh inning stretch, the Seymours enrich their extensive research with fascinating details and entertaining anecdotes as well as a wealth of baseball experience. The People's Game brings to life the central role of baseball for generations of Americans. Note: On August 2, 2010, Oxford University Press made public that it would credit Dorothy Seymour Mills as co-author of the three baseball histories previously "authored" solely by her late husband, Harold Seymour. The Seymours collaborated on Baseball: The Early Years (1960), Baseball: The Golden Age (1971) and Baseball: The People's Game (1991). |
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... soldiers were on their own , so they engaged in sports spontaneously rather than as competitive teams , often when they were sup- posed to be drilling and performing other duties . They played many games that employed a ball , as ...
... soldiers were on their own , so they engaged in sports spontaneously rather than as competitive teams , often when they were sup- posed to be drilling and performing other duties . They played many games that employed a ball , as ...
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... soldiers and civilians from surrounding forts and the city . Not a few of the players had met in baseball " strife " on Long Island in prewar days , and the game , Tappan said , seemed to some “ a repetition of days of yore . ” After ...
... soldiers and civilians from surrounding forts and the city . Not a few of the players had met in baseball " strife " on Long Island in prewar days , and the game , Tappan said , seemed to some “ a repetition of days of yore . ” After ...
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... soldier in the matter of all sport . ' " " A lesser obstacle to the progress of Army baseball was civilian objection to Sunday play . Like sailors , soldiers playing baseball came under the scowl of Sabbatarian intolerance . In this ...
... soldier in the matter of all sport . ' " " A lesser obstacle to the progress of Army baseball was civilian objection to Sunday play . Like sailors , soldiers playing baseball came under the scowl of Sabbatarian intolerance . In this ...
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Sandlot and Cow Pasture | 3 |
Double Curves and Magic Bats | 20 |
Every Mother Ought to Rejoice | 39 |
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