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Author:

Vaught, David, 1958-

Title:

The farmers' game : baseball in rural America / David Vaught.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xi, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Baseball--United States--History.
Baseball--Social aspects--United States.
Country life--United States--History.
Farm life--United States--History.
United States--Rural conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references ( p. 153-204) and index.

Contents:

Abner Doubleday and baseball's idol of origins -- Playing ball in Cooperstown in the formative years of the American Republic -- Baseball and the transformation of rural California -- Multicultural ball in the heyday of Texas cotton agriculture -- The making of Bob Feller and the modern American farmer -- The Milroy Yankees and the decline of southwest Minnesota -- Gaylord Perry, the spitter, and farm life in eastern North Carolina -- Vintage ball.

ISBN:

1421408333 (electronic)
9781421408330 (electronic)
1421407558 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
9781421407555 (hdbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2012017647

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)