A. G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sport
by 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 the 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 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.
Product Details
- Oxford University Press Brand
- Sep 11, 1986 Pub Date:
- 0195042204 ISBN-10:
- 9780195042207 ISBN-13:
- 199.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 8 in * 0.46 in * 5.37 in Dimensions:
- 0 lb Weight:
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