Description: Further DetailsTitle: Ballists, Dead Beats, and MuffinsCondition: NewDescription: Winner of the Russell P. Strange Book of the Year Award from the Illinois State Historical Society Baseball’s spread across Illinois paralleled the sport’s explosive growth in other parts of the country.Robert D. Sampson taps a wealth of archival research to transport readers to an era when an epidemic of “base ball on the brain” raged from Alton to Woodstock. Focusing on the years 1865 to 1869, Sampson offers a vivid portrait of a game where local teams and civic ambition went hand in hand and teams of paid professionals displaced gentlemen’s clubs devoted to sporting fair play. This preoccupation with competition sparked rules disputes and controversies over imported players while the game itself mirrored society by excluding Black Americans and women. The new era nonetheless brought out paying crowds to watch the Rock Island Lively Turtles, Fairfield Snails, and other teams take the field up and down the state. A first-ever history of early baseball in Illinois, Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins adds the Prairie State game’s unique shadings and colorful stories to the history of the national pastime. Author: Robert D. SampsonCountry/Region of Manufacture: USEAN: 9780252087189Format: PaperbackGenre: HistoryISBN: 9780252087189ISBN-10: 0252087186Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 426gItem Width: 23mmLanguage: EnglishPublisher: University of Illinois PressRelease Date: 05/02/2023Subtitle: Inside Early Baseball in IllinoisTopic: Sports & Hobbies, Home Garden & PetsRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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ISBN: 9780252087189
ISBN-10: 0252087186
Publication Name: Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins
Release Date: 05/02/2023
Release Year: 2023
Subtitle: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois
Title: Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins
Book Title: Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins : inside Early Baseball in Illinois
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Baseball / History, United States / 19th Century, General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
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Genre: Sports & Recreation, History
Item Weight: 15 oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Robert D. Sampson
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
