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- 2010045155 abstract "Think you know how the game of baseball began? Think again. Forget Abner Doubleday and Cooperstown. Did baseball even have a father--or did it just evolve from other bat-and-ball games? John Thorn, baseball's preeminent historian, examines the creation story of the game and finds it all to be a gigantic lie. From its earliest days baseball was a vehicle for gambling, a proxy form of class warfare. Thorn traces the rise of the New York version of the game over other variations popular in Massachusetts and Philadelphia. He shows how the sport's increasing popularity in the early decades of the nineteenth century mirrored the migration of young men from farms and small towns to cities, especially New York. Full of heroes, scoundrels, and dupes, this book tells the story of nineteenth-century America, a land of opportunity and limitation, of glory and greed--all present in the wondrous alloy that is our nation and its pastime.--From publisher description.".
- 2010045155 contributor B11790807.
- 2010045155 created "2011.".
- 2010045155 date "2011".
- 2010045155 date "2011.".
- 2010045155 dateCopyrighted "2011.".
- 2010045155 description "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.".
- 2010045155 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 2010045155 description "Think you know how the game of baseball began? Think again. Forget Abner Doubleday and Cooperstown. Did baseball even have a father--or did it just evolve from other bat-and-ball games? John Thorn, baseball's preeminent historian, examines the creation story of the game and finds it all to be a gigantic lie. From its earliest days baseball was a vehicle for gambling, a proxy form of class warfare. Thorn traces the rise of the New York version of the game over other variations popular in Massachusetts and Philadelphia. He shows how the sport's increasing popularity in the early decades of the nineteenth century mirrored the migration of young men from farms and small towns to cities, especially New York. Full of heroes, scoundrels, and dupes, this book tells the story of nineteenth-century America, a land of opportunity and limitation, of glory and greed--all present in the wondrous alloy that is our nation and its pastime.--From publisher description.".
- 2010045155 extent "xvi, 365 p. :".
- 2010045155 identifier "0743294033 (hbk.)".
- 2010045155 identifier "9780743294034 (hbk.)".
- 2010045155 identifier 2010045155-d.html.
- 2010045155 identifier 2010045155-b.html.
- 2010045155 issued "2011".
- 2010045155 issued "2011.".
- 2010045155 language "eng".
- 2010045155 publisher "New York : Simon & Schuster,".
- 2010045155 spatial "United States".
- 2010045155 subject "796.357097309034 22".
- 2010045155 subject "Baseball United States History 19th century.".
- 2010045155 subject "GV863.A1 T458 2011".
- 2010045155 tableOfContents "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.".
- 2010045155 title "Baseball in the Garden of Eden : the secret history of the early game / John Thorn.".
- 2010045155 type "text".