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OverviewThis entertaining history blends anecdote, incident, and analysis as it chronicles the story of our national pastime. Alexander covers the advent of the first professional baseball leagues, the game's surge in the early twentieth century, the Golden Twenties and the Gray Thirties, the breaking of the color line in the late forties, and the game's expansion to its current status as a premier team sport. He describes changing playing styles and outstanding teams and personalities but also demonstrates the many connections between baseball--as game, sport, and business--and the evolution of tastes, values, and institutions in the United States. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor of History Charles C Alexander (Ohio University) , Professor Grover GardnerPublisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Imprint: Blackstone Audiobooks Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 15.50cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9781455136018ISBN 10: 1455136018 Publication Date: 20 May 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA commendable blend of people and events. -- Library Journal This coherent narrative history captures the glory, the excitement, and the occasional scandal that characterize the country's favorite sport. Entertaining and informative without flogging readers with a plethora of numbing statistics, Alexander's style should appeal to fans and students of baseball lore. A book that should readily lend itself as a tool in teaching modern American social and cultural history. -- School Library Journal Charles Alexander's history of baseball is authoritative and a pleasure to read. I tremendously enjoyed it. -- Lawrence Ritter, author of The Glory of Our Times This coherent narrative history captures the glory, the excitement, and the occasional scandal that characterize the country's favorite sport. Entertaining and informative without flogging readers with a plethora of numbing statistics, Alexander's style should appeal to fans and students of baseball lore. A book that should readily lend itself as a tool in teaching modern American social and cultural history. -- School Library Journal Charles Alexander's history of baseball is authoritative and a pleasure to read. I tremendously enjoyed it. -- Lawrence Ritter, author of The Glory of Our Times A commendable blend of people and events. -- Library Journal Author InformationCharles C. Alexander, formerly a distinguished professor of history at Ohio University, is the author of a number of books, including Our Game: An American Baseball History and the celebrated biographies Ty Cobb and John McGraw. Grover Gardner is an award-winning narrator with over eight hundred titles to his credit. Named one of the Best Voices of the Century and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |