Pastime Lost

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Pastime Lost

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Author : David Block
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2019-04-01

Pastime Lost written by David Block and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.

Long before baseball became America’s national pastime, English citizens of all ages, genders, and classes of society were playing a game called baseball. It had the same basic elements as modern American baseball, such as pitching and striking the ball, running bases, and fielding, but was played with a soft ball on a smaller playing field and, instead of a bat, the ball was typically struck by the palm of the hand. There is no doubt, however, that this simpler English version of baseball was the original form of the pastime and was the immediate forerunner of its better-known American offspring. Strictly a social game, English baseball was played for nearly two hundred years before fading away at the beginning of the twentieth century. Despite its longevity and its important role in baseball’s evolution, however, today it has been completely forgotten. In Pastime Lost David Block unearths baseball’s buried history and brings it back to life, illustrating how English baseball was embraced by all sectors of English society and exploring some of the personalities, such as Jane Austen and King George III, who played the game in their childhoods. While rigorously documenting his sources, Block also brings a light touch to his story, inviting us to follow him on some of the adventures that led to his most important discoveries. Purchase the audio edition.

Baseball Before We Knew It

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Author : David Block
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2025-04

Baseball Before We Knew It written by David Block and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-04 with Sports & Recreation categories.

Winner of the Seymour Medal from the Society for American Baseball Research Winner of the North American Society for Sport History Book Award A Choice Outstanding Academic Title When Baseball before We Knew It was first published in 2005, it shattered many long-held assumptions about the pastime's origins. No, baseball was not original to America. No, baseball did not come from the English game rounders. Yes, of course, the Doubleday story was in fact a myth, but for the first time its secret backstory had been revealed. Beyond all its myth busting, Baseball before We Knew It traveled back in time to uncover the true roots of the sport, exploring the many antecedent ball games from Britain and elsewhere that contributed bits of themselves to baseball's evolution. Now, in this twentieth anniversary edition of his classic work, David Block fills in more of baseball's origin story by summarizing the discoveries and advancements he and his fellow historians have accomplished over the past two decades. Other new contributions also appear for the first time in this 2025 edition, including a new foreword by John Thorn, the official historian of Major League Baseball; an expanded annotated bibliography of books relating to baseball's origins from before the Civil War; and two new essays from the author. Baseball before We Knew It is a comprehensive, reliable, and readable account of baseball's history before it became America's national pastime.

Base Ball 12

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Author : Don Jensen
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2021-04-12

Base Ball 12 written by Don Jensen and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-12 with Sports & Recreation categories.

Base Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually. Offering the best in original research and analysis, it promotes study of baseball's early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture. This volume, number 12, includes thirteen articles on topics ranging from the career of pitcher Harry Coveleski, Philadelphia baseball pioneer Thomas Fitzgerald, and a baseball power couple, James and Harriet Coogan, to early Brooklyn baseball, the game in Canada during World War I, and the amateur teams sponsored by typewriter companies.

The Shakespeare Phrase Book

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Author : John Bartlett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881

The Shakespeare Phrase Book written by John Bartlett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with categories.

Proceedings Of The Annual Meeting Of The Board Of Supervising Inspectors Of Steam Vessels

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892

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This Too Was America

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Author : Tom Melville
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2023-03-03

This Too Was America written by Tom Melville and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-03 with Sports & Recreation categories.

Cricket in America achieved its greatest acclaim, most extensive organization and highest level of competition in Philadelphia in the mid-19th century. The city took upon itself the burden of representing the entire U.S. during the sport's emerging international popularity. It was a story of amazing successes, abysmal failures and engaging personalities--like John B. King, revered to this day as one of the all-time greatest players--and eventual decline and demise. This meticulously researched history examines the origin and rise of a sport's legacy that, even in its demise, would endure as a lost vision of America's sporting destiny.

The Essex Foxhounds By R F Ball T Gilbey

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Author : Richard Francis Ball
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896

The Essex Foxhounds By R F Ball T Gilbey written by Richard Francis Ball and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with History categories.

The Encyclopaedia Britannica Andros Austria

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1910

The Encyclopaedia Britannica Andros Austria written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1910 with Encyclopedias and dictionaries categories.

"The last great work of the age of reason, the final instance when all human knowledge could be presented with a single point of view ... Unabashed optimism, and unabashed racism, pervades many entries in the 11th, and provide its defining characteristics ... Despite its occasional ugliness, the reputation of the 11th persists today because of the staggering depth of knowledge contained with its volumes. It is especially strong in its biographical entries. These delve deeply into the history of men and women prominent in their eras who have since been largely forgotten - except by the historians, scholars"-- The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2012/apr/10/encyclopedia-britannica-11th-edition.

The Publishers Weekly

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898

The Publishers Weekly written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with American literature categories.

A Dictionary Of The English Language

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Author : Samuel Johnson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882

A Dictionary Of The English Language written by Samuel Johnson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with English language categories.