02700nam 2200625 a 450 991046359390332120200520144314.01-4214-0833-3(CKB)3170000000060708(EBL)3318671(SSID)ssj0000803555(PQKBManifestationID)11487147(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000803555(PQKBWorkID)10811205(PQKB)10567822(MiAaPQ)EBC3318671(OCoLC)859687176(MdBmJHUP)muse25412(Au-PeEL)EBL3318671(CaPaEBR)ebr10643252(OCoLC)824353598(EXLCZ)99317000000006070820120504d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe farmers' game[electronic resource] baseball in rural America /David VaughtBaltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20131 online resource (229 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4214-0755-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""INTRODUCTION: Abner Doubleday and Baseball�s Idol of Origins""; ""CHAPTER 1 Playing Ball in Cooperstown in the Formative Years of the American Republic""; ""CHAPTER 2 Baseball and the Transformation of Rural California""; ""CHAPTER 3 Multicultural Ball in the Heyday of Texas Cotton Agriculture""; ""CHAPTER 4 The Making of Bob Feller and the Modern American Farmer""; ""CHAPTER 5 The Milroy Yankees and the Decline of Southwest Minnesota""; ""CHAPTER 6 Gaylord Perry, the Spitter, and Farm Life in Eastern North Carolina""""EPILOGUE: Vintage Ball""""Notes""; ""Essay on Sources""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""BaseballUnited StatesHistoryBaseballSocial aspectsUnited StatesCountry lifeUnited StatesHistoryFarm lifeUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesRural conditionsElectronic books.BaseballHistory.BaseballSocial aspectsCountry lifeHistory.Farm lifeHistory.796.357Vaught David1958-1026846MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463593903321The farmers' game2445725UNINA