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Author Kirsch, George B

Title Baseball in Blue and Gray : the National Pastime During the Civil War / George B. Kirsch
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2003]
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 145 pages) : illustrations
Series Princeton paperbacks
Princeton paperbacks.
Contents The rise of baseball. -- Battlefront. -- Home front. -- Players and clubs. -- Championship competition and commercialization. -- The war's legacy
Summary During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. While soldiers slaughtered each other over the country's fate, players and fans struggled over the form of the national pastime. George Kirsch gives us a color commentary of the growth and transformation of baseball during the Civil War. He shows that the game was a vital part of the lives of many a soldier and civilian--and that baseball's popularity had everything to do with surging American nationalism. As nationalist fervor heightened, baseball became patriotic, and fans honored it with the title of national pastime. Rich with anecdotes and surprising facts, this narrative of baseball's coming-of-age reveals the remarkable extent to which America's national pastime is bound up with the country's defining event
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Baseball -- United States -- History -- 19th century
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Baseball
Baseball
Honkbal.
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
United States
USA
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400849253
140084925X
Other Titles Baseball in Blue & Gray