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02501aam a22003374a 4500 001 AB0C9C88177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210917010313 006 m d 008 050711s2005 nbuab sb s001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780803204775 (electronic bk.) 020 $a 0803204779 (electronic bk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)60841156 040 $a N$T $c N$T $d OCLCQ $d YDXCP $d SILO 050 14 $a GV862.5 $b .B56 2005eb 082 04 $a 796.357/09034 $2 22 100 1 $a Block, David, $d 1944- 245 10 $a Baseball before we knew it $h [electronic resource] : $b a search for the roots of the game / $c David Block ; with a foreword by Tim Wiles. 260 $a Lincoln : $b University of Nebraska Press, $c c2005. 300 $a xxv, 340 p. : $b ill., map ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Uncertainty as to the paternity -- Rounders schmounders -- Abner and Albert, the missing link -- Was Abner Graves telling the truth? -- Rules of baseball : the prequel -- How slick were the Knicks? -- In the beginning -- Stools, clubs, stobs, and jugs -- Traps and cats -- It's starting to look familiar -- In which the mystery is unraveled -- Early baseball bibliography : roots of the game in preCivil War literature -- Appendix 1. Constitutions and by-laws -- Appendix 2. Some comments on sporting journals of the 1850s -- Appendix 3. "A place leavel [sic] enough to play ball" by Thomas L. Altherr -- Appendix 4. The letters of Abner Graves -- Appendix 5. Dr. Adam E. Ford's letter to Sporting life -- Appendix 6. "History of battingball games" by Per Maigaard -- Appendix 7. Nine surviving descriptions of baseball-like games written and published before 1845. 533 $a Electronic reproduction. $b Boulder, Colo. : $c NetLibrary, $d 2005. $n Excludes some or all of the images which were part of the original book. $n Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. $n Excludes some or all of the images which were part of the original book. 650 0 $a Baseball $x History. 710 2 $a NetLibrary, Inc. 776 1 $c Original $z 0803213395 $w (OCoLC)56014560 $w (OCoLC)56014560 856 4 $3 Bibliographic record display $u http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=127253 $z An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information 941 $a 1 952 $l UPAX334 $d 20230104035213.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AB0C9C88177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search