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A. G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sport

Levine, Peter

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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.

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OXFORD UNIV PR

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Sports & Recreation

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Paperback

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8.0 Inches

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5.37 Inches

Publication Date

1986-09-19

Height

0.46 Inches

ISBN 10

0195042204

Weight

0.42 Pounds

Book EAN

9780195042207

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Adults

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A. G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sport