ISBN: 9780803249264 - alexander cartwright: the life behind the baseball legend (15 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Did Alexander create the game of baseball or is that as much a myth as Abner Doubleday? Nucciarone separates fact from fiction and the result is different than the legend, but Cartwright is still a colorful, complicated character in the early history of baseball. In near fine condition. I have more than 215 publications on the history of Baseball in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. (1820-92) was present during the organization of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York in the mid-1800s. That much is certain. Since that time, Cartwright has been celebrated as the founder of our national pastime, much like Abner Doubleday. As with Doubleday, however, Cartwright's claim to fame has also spawned all sorts of conjecture and controversy. His complex life, not just the mythography surrounding him, comes clearly into focus in Monica Nucciarone's biography of the incomparable Cartwright.Nucciarone traces Cartwright's path from Elysian Fields in New Jersey to a gold-rush adventure in California, and on to Honolulu, where he became involved in the movement to annex Hawaii to the United States. Beginning with the widely held notion that Cartwright created the game of baseball as we know it today, then spread it across North America to Hawaii like a Johnny Appleseed, Nucciarone's book separates fact from speculation. Although the picture that emerges may not be the Alexander Cartwright of legend, it shows us a man as colorful, complicated, and immense in character as any legend he inspired.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr (1820-92) was present during the organization of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York in the mid-1800s. This title traces Cartwright s path from Elysian Fields in New Jersey to a gold-rush adventure in California, and on .

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