Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Baseball
|
Buy Now
Baseball before We Knew It - A Search for the Roots of the Game (Hardcover, New)
Loot Price: R699
Discovery Miles 6 990
You Save: R137
(16%)
|
|
Baseball before We Knew It - A Search for the Roots of the Game (Hardcover, New)
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
It may be America's game, but no one seems to know how or when
baseball really started. Theories abound, myths proliferate, but
reliable information has been in short supply-until now, when
Baseball before We Knew It brings fresh new evidence of baseball's
origins into play. David Block looks into the early history of the
game and of the 150-year-old debate about its beginnings. He
tackles one stubborn misconception after another, debunking the
enduring belief that baseball descended from the English game of
rounders and revealing a surprising new explanation for the most
notorious myth of all-the Abner Doubleday-Cooperstown story.
Block's book takes readers on an exhilarating journey through the
centuries in search of clues to the evolution of our modern
National Pastime. Among his startling discoveries is a set of
long-forgotten baseball rules from the 1700s. Block evaluates the
originality and historical significance of the Knickerbocker rules
of 1845, revisits European studies on the ancestry of baseball
which indicate that the game dates back hundreds, if not thousands
of years, and assembles a detailed history of games and pastimes
from the Middle Ages onward that contributed to baseball's
development. In its thoroughness and reach, and its extensive
descriptive bibliography of early baseball sources, this book is a
unique and invaluable resource-a comprehensive, reliable, and
readable account of baseball before it was America's game. David
Block is a long-time collector of early baseball books and
memorabilia, and is a passionate, lifelong fan of the game and its
history.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.