| Base Ball in Philadelphia: A History of the Early Game, 1831-1900 Contributor(s): Shiffert, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786427957 ISBN-13: 9780786427956 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2006 Annotation: This work starts with the formation of the first baseball clu ¨ in America, the Olympic Town Ball Club, and concludes with the final year of the National League's monopoly. Also included: the early Philadelphia club teams, including the first great African-American team, the Pythians; Philadelphia's part in the National Association of Base Ball Players; and the golden days of the national champion Philadelphia Athletic Club from 1860 through the National Association years. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 2006029569 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.14" W x 9.98" (1.18 lbs) 298 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Locality - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This work starts with the formation of the first baseball clu in America, the Olympic Town Ball Club, and concludes with the final year of the National League's monopoly. Also included: the early Philadelphia club teams, including the first great African-American team, the Pythians; Philadelphia's part in the National Association of Base Ball Players; and the golden days of the national champion Philadelphia Athletic Club from 1860 through the National Association years. |