A Great Day in Cooperstown: The Improbable Birth of Baseball's Hall of Fame - Rilegato

Reisler, Jim

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ISBN 10: 0786716258 ISBN 13: 9780786716258

Casa editrice: Da Capo Pr, 2006

Riassunto

A history of baseball's first century, told through the story of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and set against a backdrop of the museum's inaugural ceremony in 1939, explains how the Hall of Fame was partially created in an attempt to revive the Depression-era economy, shares the story of the fictitious Abner Doubleday, and more.

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L'autore:

Jim Reisler is the author of Babe Ruth: Launching the Legend, Black Writers/Black Baseball, Babe Ruth Slept Here: The Baseball Landmarks of New York City, and Before They Were the Bombers. Reisler has written for Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, and The New York Times, and recently appeared on the YES Network’s new documentary, History of the Yankees: Moments and Mystique. He is the editor of Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs: Damon Runyon on Baseball. A Pittsburgh native, he lives with his wife and daughter in Irvington, NY.

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• Editore: Da Capo Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0786716258
• ISBN 13: 9780786716258
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 241