Peter Morris

But Didn't We Have Fun?

An Informal History of Baseball's Pioneer Era, 1843-1870

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Produktbeschreibung

The story of baseball in America begins not with the fabled Abner Doubleday but with a generation of mid-nineteenth-century Americans who moved from the countryside to the cities and brought a cherished but delightfully informal game with them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781566638494
• ISBN-10: 1566638496
• Artikelnr.: 26995423

Autorenporträt

Peter Morris won the coveted Seymour Medal of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) for his book Baseball Fever, about early baseball in Michigan. He has also been honored by USA Today Sports Weekly. A graduate of the University of Toronto and Michigan State University and a former national and international Scrabble champion, he is now a researcher at the Michigan Public Health Institute and lives in Haslett, Michigan. Visit the author's website (www.petermorrisbooks.com) for more information.