| Peverelly's National Game Contributor(s): Freyer, John (Author), Thorn, John (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0738534048 ISBN-13: 9780738534046 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2005 Annotation: Peverelly's Book of American Pastimes, which covered several sports from badminton to horseracing, is best known for its dominant chapter on base ball, "The National Game." It is the first historical-reference book ever published about the sport, and includes the rosters of the most prominent early clubs with results of games played from their beginnings through 1866. The original 200-page chapter, a seminal work of baseball historiography, is reproduced here in full, supplemented by contemporary images and captions by nineteenth-century baseball historians John Freyer and Mark Rucker. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History - Travel | Special Interest - Sports - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Sports |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 2005923153 |
| Series: Images of Baseball |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.58" W x 9.32" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |