02709nam 2200673Ia 450 991045209630332120200520144314.00-19-802000-71-280-52299-297866105229961-4294-0145-1(CKB)1000000000465664(EBL)271046(OCoLC)476006296(SSID)ssj0000289637(PQKBManifestationID)12070955(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289637(PQKBWorkID)10401437(PQKB)10385290(SSID)ssj0000108940(PQKBManifestationID)11129577(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108940(PQKBWorkID)10044135(PQKB)10759789(MiAaPQ)EBC271046(Au-PeEL)EBL271046(CaPaEBR)ebr10142045(CaONFJC)MIL52299(OCoLC)466424142(EXLCZ)99100000000046566419940926d1960 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBaseball[electronic resource] the early years /by Harold SeymourNew York Oxford University Press19601 online resource (394 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-505912-3 0-19-500100-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; PART ONE - THE AMATEUR ERA; PART TWO - BASEBALL BECOMES A BUSINESS; PART THREE - ORGANIZED BASEBALL; PART FOUR - MONOPOLY AT ITS APEX; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; INDEXThese two critically-acclaimed volumes mark the beginning of a monumental multi-volume study of baseball by the man whom Sports Illustrated has called ""the Edward Gibbon of baseball history."" Now available in paperback, Harold Seymour's The Early Years and The Golden Age together recount the true story of how baseball came into being and how it developed into a highly organized business and social institution. The first volume, The Early Years , traces the growth of baseball from the time of the first recorded ball game at Valley Forge during the revolution until the formation of the two preBaseballUnited StatesHistoryBall gamesUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.BaseballHistory.Ball gamesHistory.796.357Seymour Harold1910-1992.877620MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452096303321Baseball1959678UNINA