How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! the True Story Revealed

How baseball evolved with shocking speed from a casual folk game into a serious adult activity, an instrument of national unification and then a national entertainment industry.

Author: Thomas W. Gilbert
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Published: 04/05/2022
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781567927238

About the Author
Gilbert, Thomas W.: -

Thomas W. Gilbert is the author of many baseball books, including Baseball and the Color Line, Roberto Clemente and Playing First. From his Greenpoint, Brooklyn stoop he can throw a baseball to the former site of the Manor House tavern, where members of the Eckford Baseball Club enjoyed a post game drink or two in the 1850s.

Thorn, John: -

John Thorn is the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball and the author of numerous books including Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game and Total Baseball: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball.