A. G. Spalding And the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sport - Hardcover

Levine, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195035526 ISBN 13: 9780195035520

Verlag: Oxford Univ Pr, 1985

Inhaltsangabe

A. G. Spalding was a key figure in the professionalization and commercialization of American sports. Co-founder of baseball's National League, owner of the Chicago White Stockings (later Cubs), and founder of a sporting goods business that made him a millionaire, Spalding not only willed baseball to be our national pastime but also contributed to making sport a significant part of American life.

This biography captures the zest, flamboyance, and creativity of Albert Goodwell Spalding, a man of insatiable ego, a showman and entrepreneur, whose life illuminated the hopes and fears of 19th-century Americans. It is also a vivid evocation of the vanished world of 19th-century baseball, recreating a time when it was transformed from a game played on unkempt fields to modern style.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford Univ Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1985
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0195035526
• ISBN 13: 9780195035520
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; 20090; Italien