| Base-Ball: How to Become a Player: With the Origin, History, and Explanation of the Game Contributor(s): Chadwick, Henry (Author), Grey, Zane (Author), Jenkins, John L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1940072069 ISBN-13: 9781940072067 Publisher: Reconciliation Press OUR PRICE: $9.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History |
| Series: Rpress Books Vintage Baseball Collection |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.60 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: HEARKEN back to a time before sports equipment, when "ballists" snagged grounders and fly balls with their bare hands, and when the pitcher's mound was only thirty-five feet from home "base." After 150 years, baseball continues to represent the best of the American spirit. As our nation split in a Civil War, sportsmanship, athleticism, respect for the rules of the game-all earmarks of the sport we call baseball-took on new meaning as young men gathered in grassy meadows to play the game we call America's pastime. RPress Books is pleased to publish this first in a collection of classic base ball (base-ball) literature. In addition to "Base-Ball: How to Become a Player, " by John Montgomery Ward and Henry Chadwick's "Beadle's Dime Base Ball Player," the reader will also find in this publication a short story titled "The Redheaded Outfield" published in 1915 by renowned author Zane Grey, and a first chapter excerpt from "I Love Base Ball," a new, original story from the 2013 RPress Books "Batter Up" series. Also included are short biographies of authors Ward, Chadwick, and Grey. |