Baseball before we knew it :: a search for the roots of the game /
Baseball, Block convincingly argues, was not a product of rounders, and its essential form had already been established by the late 18th century. Where, then, did baseball come from? In search of an answer, Block, a retired systems analyst and an antiquarian book collector, has attacked baseball...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Baseball, Block convincingly argues, was not a product of rounders, and its essential form had already been established by the late 18th century. Where, then, did baseball come from? In search of an answer, Block, a retired systems analyst and an antiquarian book collector, has attacked baseball's literary record with methodical zeal. The result is a joyfully discursive romp through the history of ball sports and a compelling new theory of the game's origins. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xxv, 340 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0803204779 9780803204775 1280423749 9781280423741 9780803204779 9786610423743 6610423741 0803213395 9780803213395 |
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| spelling | Block, David, 1944- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjMvhCyyxppKjqgBKxqYj3 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004103947 Baseball before we knew it : a search for the roots of the game / David Block ; with a foreword by Tim Wiles. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2005. 1 online resource (xxv, 340 pages) : illustrations, map text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Uncertainty as to the paternity -- Rounders schmounders -- Abner and Albert, the missing link -- Was Abner Graves telling the truth? -- Rules of baseball : the prequel -- How slick were the Knicks? -- In the beginning -- Stools, clubs, stobs, and jugs -- Traps and cats -- It's starting to look familiar -- In which the mystery is unraveled -- Early baseball bibliography : roots of the game in preCivil War literature -- Appendix 1. Constitutions and by-laws -- Appendix 2. Some comments on sporting journals of the 1850s -- Appendix 3. "A place leavel [sic] enough to play ball" by Thomas L. Altherr -- Appendix 4. The letters of Abner Graves -- Appendix 5. Dr. Adam E. Ford's letter to Sporting life -- Appendix 6. "History of battingball games" by Per Maigaard -- Appendix 7. Nine surviving descriptions of baseball-like games written and published before 1845. Print version record. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Baseball, Block convincingly argues, was not a product of rounders, and its essential form had already been established by the late 18th century. Where, then, did baseball come from? In search of an answer, Block, a retired systems analyst and an antiquarian book collector, has attacked baseball's literary record with methodical zeal. The result is a joyfully discursive romp through the history of ball sports and a compelling new theory of the game's origins. English. Baseball History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85012029 SPORTS & RECREATION Baseball History. bisacsh SPORTS & RECREATION General. bisacsh Baseball fast Baseball gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4144091-2 Social Sciences. hilcc Recreation & Sports. hilcc History fast has work: Baseball before we knew it (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCG4G34tPdFQRcfmvXrhH3P https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Block, David, 1944- Baseball before we knew it. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2005 0803213395 (DLC) 2004016099 (OCoLC)56014560 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=127253 Volltext |
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